Calling C++ dll from Python

adapt.pyx

from cython.operator cimport dereference as deref
from libcpp.list cimport list as c_list

cdef extern from "test.h":
    c_list[int]* c_create_list "create_list" ()


def create_list():
    l = c_create_list()
    try:
        return deref(l)
    finally:
        del l

test.cpp

#include <list>

#include "test.h"

using namespace std;

list<int>* create_list() {
    list<int> *l = new list<int>();
    l->push_back(1);
    l->push_back(2);
    l->push_back(3);
    return l;
}

test.h

#include <list>

extern "C" std::list<int>* create_list();

use.py

import adapt
print(adapt.create_list())