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#

Type#

standard

Dependencies#

Version Information#

package-version.txt:

3.0.7

install-requires.txt:

cython >=3.0, != 3.0.3, <4.0

# Exclude 3.0.3 because of https://github.com/cython/cython/issues/5748

Equivalent System Packages#

$ sudo pacman -S cython
$ conda install cython\>=3.0\,\!=3.0.3\,\<4.0
$ sudo apt-get install cython3
$ sudo yum install Cython
$ sudo pkg install lang/cython
$ sudo emerge dev-python/cython
$ brew install cython
$ sudo port install py-cython
$ sudo zypper install python3\$\{PYTHON_MINOR\}-Cython
$ sudo xbps-install python3-Cython

See https://repology.org/project/python:cython/versions

If the system package is installed and if the (experimental) option --enable-system-site-packages is passed to ./configure, then ./configure will check if the system package can be used.