"ported" Guido's embedding demo to the mac, and wrote some minimal

notes on embedding on the mac.

Mac/Demo/embed/demo.c

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+/* Example of embedding Python in another program */
+
+#include "Python.h"
+#ifdef macintosh
+#include "macglue.h"
+#include <SIOUX.h>
+#endif /* macintosh */
+
+static char *argv0;
+
+main(argc, argv)
+	int argc;
+	char **argv;
+{
+#ifdef macintosh
+	/* So the user can set argc/argv to something interesting */
+	argc = ccommand(&argv);
+#endif
+	/* Save a copy of argv0 */
+	argv0 = argv[0];
+
+	/* Initialize the Python interpreter.  Required. */
+#ifdef macintosh
+	PyMac_Initialize();
+#else
+	Py_Initialize();
+#endif
+
+	/* Define sys.argv.  It is up to the application if you
+	   want this; you can also let it undefined (since the Python 
+	   code is generally not a main program it has no business
+	   touching sys.argv...) */
+	PySys_SetArgv(argc, argv);
+
+	/* Do some application specific code */
+	printf("Hello, brave new world\n\n");
+
+	/* Execute some Python statements (in module __main__) */
+	PyRun_SimpleString("import sys\n");
+	PyRun_SimpleString("print sys.builtin_module_names\n");
+	PyRun_SimpleString("print sys.argv\n");
+
+	/* Note that you can call any public function of the Python
+	   interpreter here, e.g. call_object(). */
+
+	/* Some more application specific code */
+	printf("\nGoodbye, cruel world\n");
+#ifdef macintosh
+	printf("Type return or so-\n");
+	getchar();
+#endif
+	/* Exit, cleaning up the interpreter */
+	Py_Exit(0);
+	/*NOTREACHED*/
+}
+
+/* This function is called by the interpreter to get its own name */
+char *
+getprogramname()
+{
+	return argv0;
+}