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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions docs/scenarios/admin.rst
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Expand Up @@ -392,10 +392,11 @@ Buildout

`Buildout <http://www.buildout.org>`_ is an open source software build tool.
Buildout is created using the Python programming language. It implements a
principle of separation of configuration from the scripts that do the setting up.
Buildout is primarily used to download and set up dependencies in Python eggs
format of the software being developed or deployed. Recipes for build tasks in any
environment can be created, and many are already available.
principle of separation of configuration from the scripts that do the setting
up. Buildout is primarily used to download and set up dependencies in `Python
eggs <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2051192/what-is-a-python-egg>`_
format of the software being developed or deployed. Recipes for build tasks in
any environment can be created, and many are already available.


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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions docs/scenarios/clibs.rst
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Expand Up @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ C Foreign Function Interface

`CFFI <https://cffi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ provides a simple to use
mechanism for interfacing with C from both CPython and PyPy. It supports two
modes: an inline ABI compatibility mode (example provided below), which allows
modes: an inline `ABI <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2171177/what-is-an-application-binary-interface-abi>`_ compatibility mode (example provided below), which allows
you to dynamically load and run functions from executable modules (essentially
exposing the same functionality as LoadLibrary or dlopen), and an API mode,
exposing the same functionality as `LoadLibrary <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/libloaderapi/nf-libloaderapi-loadlibrarya>`_ or `dlopen <https://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/C++-dlopen/index.html>`_), and an API mode,
which allows you to build C extension modules.

ABI Interaction
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full access to the native C interface of most major operating systems (e.g.,
kernel32 on Windows, or libc on \*nix), but also provides support for loading
and interfacing with dynamic libraries, such as DLLs or shared objects, at
runtime. It does bring along with it a whole host of types for interacting
runtime. It brings along with it a whole host of types for interacting
with system APIs, and allows you to rather easily define your own complex
types, such as structs and unions, and allows you to modify things such as
padding and alignment, if needed. It can be a bit crufty to use, but in
conjunction with the `struct <https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/struct.html>`_
conjunction with the `struct <https://docs.python.org/3/library/struct.html>`_
module, you are essentially provided full control over how your data types get
translated into something usable by a pure C(++) method.
translated into something usable by a pure C/C++ method.

Struct Equivalents
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