dnl @synopsis AC_PYTHON_DEVEL
dnl
dnl Checks for Python and tries to get the include path to 'Python.h'.
dnl It provides the $(PYTHON_CPPFLAGS) and $(PYTHON_LDFLAGS) output
dnl variables.
dnl Also exports $(PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS) and $(PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
dnl for embedding Python in your code.
dnl If the user wants to employ a particular version of Python, she can
dnl now pass to configure the PYTHON_VERSION environment variable.
dnl
dnl @category InstalledPackages
dnl @author Sebastian Huber <sebastian-huber@web.de>
dnl @author Alan W. Irwin <irwin@beluga.phys.uvic.ca>
dnl @author Rafael Laboissiere <laboissiere@psy.mpg.de>
dnl @author Andrew Collier <colliera@nu.ac.za>
dnl @author Matteo Settenvini <matteo@member.fsf.org>
dnl @version 2006-01-29
dnl @license GPLWithACException

AC_DEFUN([AC_PYTHON_DEVEL],[
	#
	# Allow use of a custom python version
	#
	AC_ARG_VAR([PYTHON_VERSION],[The installed Python
		version to link against, for example '2.3'])
	AC_PATH_PROG([PYTHON],[python[$PYTHON_VERSION]])

	if test -z "$PYTHON"; then
	   AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find python$PYTHON_VERSION in your system path])
	fi
	
	#
	# Check for Python include path
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python include path])
		python_path=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
               	print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc();"`
		AC_MSG_RESULT([$python_path])
	AC_SUBST([PYTHON_CPPFLAGS],[-I$python_path])

	#
	# Check for Python library path
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python library path])
		python_path=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils.sysconfig import *; \
		from string import join; \
		print '-L' + get_python_lib(0,1), \
		      '-lpython' + join(get_config_vars('VERSION'));"`
		AC_MSG_RESULT([$python_path])
	AC_SUBST([PYTHON_LDFLAGS],[-I$python_path])

	#
	# Check for site packages
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python site-packages path])
		python_site=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
               	print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(0,0);"`
		AC_MSG_RESULT([$python_site])
	AC_SUBST([PYTHON_SITE_PKG],[$python_site])

	#
	# libraries which must be linked in when embedding
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING(python extra libraries)
	PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
                conf = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var; \
                print conf('LOCALMODLIBS'), conf('LIBS')"`
	AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS])
	AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS)

	#
	# linking flags needed when embedding
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING(python extra linking flags)
	PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
		conf = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var; \
		print conf('LINKFORSHARED')"`
	AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
	AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
])