from distutils.core import Extension as _Extension from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched _Extension = _get_unpatched(_Extension) # Prefer Cython to Pyrex pyrex_impls = 'Cython.Distutils.build_ext', 'Pyrex.Distutils.build_ext' for pyrex_impl in pyrex_impls: try: # from (pyrex_impl) import build_ext build_ext = __import__(pyrex_impl, fromlist=['build_ext']).build_ext break except: pass have_pyrex = 'build_ext' in globals() class Extension(_Extension): """Extension that uses '.c' files in place of '.pyx' files""" if not have_pyrex: # convert .pyx extensions to .c def __init__(self,*args,**kw): _Extension.__init__(self,*args,**kw) sources = [] for s in self.sources: if s.endswith('.pyx'): sources.append(s[:-3]+'c') else: sources.append(s) self.sources = sources class Library(Extension): """Just like a regular Extension, but built as a library instead""" import sys, distutils.core, distutils.extension distutils.core.Extension = Extension distutils.extension.Extension = Extension if 'distutils.command.build_ext' in sys.modules: sys.modules['distutils.command.build_ext'].Extension = Extension