Hi, Lisandro Dalcin wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Jay Parlar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This seems to have worked. Is there a difference between having a >> __init__.pyx and just a regular __init__.py? I've got .py now, and it >> seems to be working. > > AFAIK, there is no difference. However, if you 'install' your pxd's as > package data, perhaps you will need to also install a __init__.pyx > alongside the pxd's. For example, from one of my projects, pxd and C > API (plus SWIG typemaps for my objects) are installed inside a > 'include' dir (more or less as numpy does): > > $ tree ~/lib/python/mpi4py > /u/dalcinl/lib/python/mpi4py > |-- MPI.so > |-- __init__.py > |-- __init__.pyc > |-- __init__.pyo > |-- include > | `-- mpi4py > | |-- MPI.pxd > | |-- __init__.pyx > | |-- mpi.pxi > | |-- mpi4py.h > | |-- mpi4py.i > | |-- mpi4py_MPI.h > | |-- mpi4py_MPI_api.h > | |-- mpi4py_MPI_api_fix.h > | `-- mpi_c.pxd > |-- rc.py > |-- rc.pyc > `-- rc.pyo
To clarify a bit, the only difference is that Cython knows both, but Python only recognises __init__.py. So if you want to install a Cython package in a place that Python does not recognise as package, __init__.pyx is a good way to do so. Stefan _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
