cython: C-Extensions for Python, an optimizing static compiler

Description

Cython is a language that makes writing C extensions for the Python language as easy as Python itself. Cython is based on the well-known Pyrex, but supports more cutting edge functionality and optimizations.

The Cython language is very close to the Python language, but Cython additio- nally supports calling C functions and declaring C types on variables and class attributes. This allows the compiler to generate very efficient C code from Cython code.

This makes Cython the ideal language for wrapping for external C libraries, and for fast C modules that speed up the execution of Python code.

License

Apache License, Version 2.0

Upstream Contact

• http://www.cython.org/

• cython-devel@python.org

Dependencies

• Python

Type

standard

Version Information

package-version.txt:

0.29.21

install-requires.txt:

cython >=0.29.21, <1.0

Equivalent System Packages

conda:

$ conda install python:cython

freebsd:

$ sudo pkg install python:cython

homebrew:

$ brew install python:cython

macports: install the following packages: python:cython See https://repology.org/project/python:cython/versions

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution; see https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29023