Hello Python

build.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=./");
+}

hello_python.c

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
+#include <Python.h>
+
+int hello_python()
+{
+    Py_Initialize();
+    PyRun_SimpleString("from time import time,ctime\n"
+                       "print('Today is', ctime(time()), 'from cpython')\n");
+    if (Py_FinalizeEx() < 0) {
+        printf("Failure during FinalizeEx");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}

src/main.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod errors;
 mod exercises;
 mod jour1;
 mod jour2;
+mod python;
 mod rpg;
 mod starwars;
 mod tests;
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ fn main() {
     doc::main();
     errors::main();
     concurrency::main();
+    python::main();
 }

src/python.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+pub fn main() {
+    #[link(name = "hello_python")]
+    extern "C" {
+        fn hello_python();
+    }
+    unsafe {
+        hello_python();
+    }
+}