Boost Python

[biggoron]

I don't understand how to get my compiled module into the Python interpreter. I compiled this code to a shared object target with g++ on Ubuntu 8.10 to a path in sys.path

Code:

#include <boost/python.hpp>
using namespace boost::python;

char const* greet()
{
   return "hello, world";
}

BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(hello_ext)
{
    def("greet", greet);
}

Then, I opened IDLE and tried "import hello_ext" (hello_ext not found) and tried using File -> Open Module... -> foo.so, but that produced an error.
What do I do to get the module into Python?

Thanks.

[kccc]

You have to append the location where this 'module' is located to the path search list.
In IDLE do the following:
n = your file's absolute directory surrounded by quotes
import sys
sys.path.append(n)
import hello_ext
voila!

for example:

n = "c:/temp"
sys.path.append(n)
import hello ext

[biggoron]

Thanks for the input, but foo.so is already in a path in sys.path. I can see it in IDLE's path navigator.