setup.py + cython == chicken and the egg problem

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 at 07:05, Dan Stromberg <drsalists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi folks.
>
> I'm attempting to package up a python package that uses Cython.
>
> Rather than build binaries for everything under the sun, I've been focusing
> on including the .pyx file and running cython on it at install time.  This
> requires a C compiler, but I'm OK with that.
>

Is keeping the cythonized file an option? That would still require a C
compiler, but wouldn't require Cython.

ChrisA