[Python-Dev] Use of Cython

[Matěj Cepl]

On 2018-08-06, 15:13 GMT, Stefan Behnel wrote:
> Not sure I understand this correctly, but I think we're on the 
> same page here: writing test code in C is cumbersome, writing 
> test code in a mix of C and Python across different files is 
> aweful. And making it difficult to write or even just review 
> test code simply means that people will either waste their 
> precious contribution time on it, or try to get around it.

I was thinking about the same when porting M2Crypto to py3k 
(M2Crypto is currently swig-based mix of C-code and Python). Is 
it even possible to make a mix of Cython, swig-based C, and 
Python? In the end I rather stayed with plain C, because the 
combination seems unimaginably awful.

(Also, is Cython the best of all of them? What about cffi or 
Nuitka?)

Best,

Matěj
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