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  • Because ctypes has such a good reputation, I'd hijack their brand as much as possible.

    So, distribution name "ctypes".

    Main namespace, "CDLL".

    So in python...

    cdll.LoadLibrary('libc.so.6'); ...becomes something like this in Perl...

    CDLL->load_library('libc.so.6');

    • Good point about the branding.

      Also, in the effort of articulating why I was never keen on the Python API, it's just 'clicked' with me. Thanks for that ;)

      I take it you can't just simply ask for 'libc' on *nix 'cause you might have several libc.so.x lying around.

      Why is that? Could there be a way to mitigate for it? I do like the ol' automatic accessor style: cdll->libc->function('arg').

      If that wasn't available cross platform I wouldn't even bother making it an optional syntax for Windows.
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