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golang_to_python shows a simple example how to create a python module that includes a golang code with its wrapping interfaces using cython. We can note that this strategy allows to simplify the wrapping interface code between golang and python by:

1. removing the cgo preamble code such as shown in https://blog.filippo.io/building-python-modules-with-go-1-5/,
2. improving the wrapping interface compatibility for the different versions of Python without any change of the code (e.g. no more #include Python.h header and c wrapped functions in the golang code that are version dependent).
3. interfacing third party libraries (e.g. numpy) into the cython script such as the wrapping interface can be out of any golang code or any python scripts (https://github.com/ryanbressler/numpy2go/blob/master/numpy2go.py),
4. Making the compilation of the module just more easy,

Finally, creating a module using golang for python can just re-become simple and clean!

This simple example has been tested with

• ubuntu
• golang = 1.9
• python = 2.7
• cython = 0.26
• gcc = 5.4