Christian Gollwitzer wrote at 2022-2-8 22:43 +0100: >Am 08.02.22 um 18:57 schrieb Dieter Maurer: >> Christian Gollwitzer wrote at 2022-2-7 20:33 +0100: >>> we've developed a Python pacakge which consists of both a compiled >>> extension module and some helper functions in Python. Is there a >>> tutorial on how to package such an extension? >> >> Look at "https://package.python.org";, >> especially >> "https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/packaging-binary-extensions/";. > >Thank you, but that page is more like a high-level description, it talks >a lot about the differences between C code and Python and how it can be >combined using SWIG etc, but I already have a working extension.
Packaging and distribution was originally handled by `distutils`; other tools, e.g. `setuptools`, extended `distutils` and have gained wide spread acceptance. As a consequence, `distutils` has been deprecated in favor of those other tools. I assume the use of `setuptools` below. Extensions are described via the `ext_modules` parameter of the `setup` function. Its value is a sequence of `setuptools.Extension` instances. As of Python 3.11, `setuptools.Extension` is still a minor enhancement of `distutils.extension.Extension`. This is documented via docstrings in its source. Read this documentation and come back if questions remain. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
