No, it's a link problem: you cannot 'import CsoundVST' from python because
_CsoundVST.so is a dylib, but if you make it a bundle, then you cannot link 
CsoundVST
to it. It can't be both things. But if you use csnd.py  (_cnsd.so) as your 
python module,
then it might be possible to make things work (perhaps in a similar way to 
how you do
it in the fltk Csound5GUI).

Victor

At 17:00 25/05/2006, you wrote:
>I thought that the problem was a runtime problem, not a link time problem. 
>In other words, I thought it would be possible to LINK CsoundVST and 
>_CsoundVST.so on OS X (linking with Python of course), but then RUN 
>CsoundVST WITHOUT Python.
>
>CsoundVST creates 2 instances of the CsoundVST class -- one as a C++ 
>object and one as a Python object. When using Python, obviously the Python 
>object is used, but it is also plugged into the GUI and replaces the C++ 
>instance.
>
>I assume that CsoundVST will run on Windows if Python is not in the 
>environment -- I will confirm that.
>
>Can you LINK CsoundVST?
>
>Regards,
>Mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: Istvan Varga 
> >Sent: May 25, 2006 9:15 AM
> >To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
> >Subject: Re: [Csnd] CsoundVST with dynamic loading of Python
> >
> >There are still some dependencies that result in requiring Python,
> >and prevent CsoundVST from working on the Mac. In particular, the
> >GUI frontend links against the _CsoundVST library, which requires
> >Python because it is a Python module (i.e. it includes a SWIG
> >generated wrapper), and it links against _csnd which also requires
> >Python. On the Mac only, there are bundle vs. dylib issues when
> >linking against any of _csnd or _CsoundVST as long as these are
> >also intended to be Python modules.
> >So, I think more work may be needed, including the separation of
> >the GUI, VST, and Python functionality in such a way that neither
> >the GUI nor the VST plugin link against anything that requires
> >Python directly or indirectly. Parts of the _CsoundVST library
> >that are intended to be usable from Python with 'import CsoundVST'
> >may also be moved to _csnd, possibly with the removal of the Boost
> >dependency, although that is not very important.
> >
> >On Thursday 25 May 2006 03:27, Michael Gogins wrote:
> >
> >> I've updated Csound 5 CVS with changes in CsoundVST so it loads Python
> >> dynamically. This should mean that CsoundVST will work as a front and 
> as a
> >> VST plugin on computers where Python has not been installed. I would
> >> appreciate it if somebody with Mac OS X could test this, if possible, 
> before
> >> we release the next version.
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Victor Lazzarini
Music Technology Laboratory
Music Department
National University of Ireland, Maynooth