Building distutils setup.py to find PXD files for Pure Python file

Ian Bell | 27 Apr 2012 15:03

Re: Building distutils setup.py to find PXD files for Pure Python file

Stefan,

In any case, the new and preferred way is described here:

http://wiki.cython.org/enhancements/distutils_preprocessing

And, yes, it would be good to visibly present this in the documentation.
The build documentation is mostly ok but lacks this feature:

http://docs.cython.org/src/userguide/source_files_and_compilation.html

The build docs are in good shape - lots of useful information, but from browsing the mailing lists, seems like quite a few people are having varied issues with PXD files and distutils. Would be great to have a (nominally) working example in the documentation online and/or a downloadable version. Also, an example of getting Cython distutils parameters would be great.

Just for fun, tried a new setup.py file, like the link you recommended using cythonize. Works a charm. Weird. I think I am in business for now. Thanks for your help and patience.

So it seems that cythonize does something slightly different than the Cython build_ext command. I suppose this shouldn't be the expected behavior?

Cheers,
Ian

##### setup2.py #######
from distutils.core import setup
from Cython.Build import cythonize

setup(
name = 'MyProject',
ext_modules = cythonize(["integrate_py.py"]),
)