Python C Extension and Xcode 4.5

Question

I would like to create a python C extension using XCode 4.5.2 so that I can use the xcode debugger. The extensions require the C file to be linked as a .so file. I have not been able to make .so file in xcode, only dylib files.

I tried as follows: 1. Used the C/C++ Library template, specified dynamic library 2. Change the Mach-O type to Bundle 3. Still could not make an .so so I changed the wrapper extension to .so, with no luck.

The post link below seems to say that I can just manually change the extension. This did not work for me, but I could have made another mistake.

how to make python load dylib on osx

Any thoughts on my problem?

Answer 1

.so files serve the same purpose on Linux (and some other Unixes) that .dylib files on OS X - they're dynamically linked libraries. If everything else fails, and Python cannot recognize your platform (and the fact that on OS X, it should look for .dylib files instead), make a symbolic link from the .dylib file with the same name but with the extension .so.

(Yes, this is a quite ugly hack, but it's simple, straightforward and it works.)