>>> import ftype >>> print ftype.__doc__ This module 'ftype' is auto-generated with f2py (version:2.28.198-1366). Functions: foo(n=13) COMMON blocks: /data/ a,x(3) . >>> type(ftype.foo),type(ftype.data) (<type 'fortran'>, <type 'fortran'>) >>> ftype.foo() IN FOO: N= 13 A= 0. X=[ 0. 0. 0.] >>> ftype.data.a = 3 >>> ftype.data.x = [1,2,3] >>> ftype.foo() IN FOO: N= 13 A= 3. X=[ 1. 2. 3.] >>> ftype.data.x[1] = 45 >>> ftype.foo(24) IN FOO: N= 24 A= 3. X=[ 1. 45. 3.] >>> ftype.data.x array([ 1., 45., 3.],'f')