Functions are powerful and useful. With functions we can run many lines of code just by calling their name. Automate processes and make our code a little easier to read. HOME. MAIL.

When I tell participants in my Python classes that everything in Python is an object, they nod their heads, clearly thinking, "I've heard this before about other languages." But then I show them that ...

If the function has a return value, it will be passed to you in the return value of PyObject_CallFunction(), as a PyObject pointer. That's the easiest way to pass arguments to a Python function, but ...

But Cython can also be used to incrementally accelerate Python functions, chiefly ones that perform math. The downside is that Cython uses its own peculiar syntax to work its magic, so porting ...