What happens in inline ABI level?

[anatoly techtonik]

I feel like docs are missing huge important part that stops

me from understanding the key differences between API/

ABI and inline/external mode.

https://cffi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/overview.html#simple-example-abi-level-in-line

If that paragraph described what happens behind the scene,

like if the operations were made manually, that would clarify

things a lot. Would be awesome if the description was made

in similar patter to ease comparison. For example:

1. when pycparser reads the C code

2. when C compiler is invoked

3. where the compilation step is cached

4. who loads the compiled extension, where

[Armin Rigo]

Hi Anatoly,

On 2 June 2015 at 08:17, anatoly techtonik <tech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://cffi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/overview.html#simple-example-abi-level-in-line

>
> 2. when C compiler is invoked

As explained just above, in ABI mode no C compiler is invoked.


Armin

[anatoly techtonik]

It is explained, but not so easy to catch visually. A comparison table might be a better reference. Not sure if reST allows that.