C Modules, Cython and debian packaging?

[Stuart Axon]

I experimented converting the supershape C module to Cython and it seems to
work, would this be any easier to package for debian than using the compiled C
modules?

(It builds from setup.py in supershapes folder)

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[ricardo lafuente]

Oh yes, definitely -- i'm still in the dark as to how to package C
extensions directly.

Post by Stuart Axon
I experimented converting the supershape C module to Cython and it seems to
work, would this be any easier to package for debian than using the compiled C
modules?
(It builds from setup.py in supershapes folder)
S++
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[Stuart Axon]

Cool, I'll try and put this up somewhere when I get time (I guess I'll need to
setup a new git branch or something.

I really think when it comes to libraries, we should maybe seperate them out and
have a setup.py for each,
so they can all be separately packaged in pypi (we'd want upstream agreement so
this was maintained properly).

Also: I had a quick look, and it seems pyximport might even do the compilation
on demand.

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Sent: Sun, April 17, 2011 11:11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [shoebot-devel] C Modules, Cython and debian packaging?
Oh yes, definitely -- i'm still in the dark as to how to package C
extensions directly.

I experimented converting the supershape C module to Cython and it seems to
work, would this be any easier to package for debian than using the compiled

C

modules?
(It builds from setup.py in supershapes folder)
S++
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[Stuart Axon]

I made a branch here where you can try it
https://gitorious.org/~stuaxo/shoebot/shoebot-cython-extensions

It's just supershape thats built like that (look at the top of __init__.py to
see the change).

It's quite nice using pyximport - setup.py is not needed, it just compiles it on
the first go.

What I haven't done is any benchmarking, I'm v.new to cython and probably not
using
it correctly (the generated code seems to have a lot of checks in it (using
cython -a))

Still, if it's faster and more convenient, it might be a nice compromise.

Sent: Sun, April 17, 2011 11:11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [shoebot-devel] C Modules, Cython and debian packaging?
Oh yes, definitely -- i'm still in the dark as to how to package C
extensions directly.

I experimented converting the supershape C module to Cython and it seems to
work, would this be any easier to package for debian than using the compiled

C

modules?
(It builds from setup.py in supershapes folder)
S++
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