import cffi ffi = cffi.FFI() ffi.embedding_api(""" int add1(int, int); """) ffi.embedding_init_code(r""" import sys, time sys.stdout.write("preparing") for i in range(3): sys.stdout.flush() time.sleep(0.02) sys.stdout.write(".") sys.stdout.write("\n") from _add1_cffi import ffi int(ord("A")) # check that built-ins are there @ffi.def_extern() def add1(x, y): sys.stdout.write("adding %d and %d\n" % (x, y)) sys.stdout.flush() return x + y """) ffi.set_source("_add1_cffi", """ """) fn = ffi.compile(verbose=True) print('FILENAME: %s' % (fn,))