An example of a python package that builds a C++ extension via its setup.py script.

Installing the package via

pip install .

automatically compiles the extension.

Some useful resources, I followed:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4529555/building-a-ctypes-based-c-library-with-distutils
• https://nesi.github.io/perf-training/python-scatter/ctypes
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34689210/error-exporting-symbol-when-building-python-c-extension-in-windows