[Python-checkins] r88341 - in python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq: design.rst extending.rst programming.rst

[antoine.pitrou]

Author: antoine.pitrou
Date: Sat Feb  5 11:57:17 2011
New Revision: 88341

Log:
Mention Cython and remove obsolete alternatives



Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/design.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/extending.rst
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/programming.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/design.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/design.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/design.rst	Sat Feb  5 11:57:17 2011
@@ -418,11 +418,9 @@
 .. XXX check which of these projects are still alive
 
 There are also several programs which make it easier to intermingle Python and C
-code in various ways to increase performance.  See, for example, `Psyco
-<http://psyco.sourceforge.net/>`_, `Pyrex
-<http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_, `PyInline
-<http://pyinline.sourceforge.net/>`_, `Py2Cmod
-<http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2cmod/>`_, and `Weave
+code in various ways to increase performance.  See, for example, `Cython
+<http://cython.org/>`_, `Pyrex
+<http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_ and `Weave
 <http://www.scipy.org/Weave>`_.
 
 

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/extending.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/extending.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/extending.rst	Sat Feb  5 11:57:17 2011
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@
 very little effort, as long as you're running on a machine with an
 x86-compatible processor.
 
-`Pyrex <http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_ is a compiler
-that accepts a slightly modified form of Python and generates the corresponding
-C code.  Pyrex makes it possible to write an extension without having to learn
-Python's C API.
+`Cython <http://cython.org>`_ and its relative `Pyrex
+<http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_ are compilers
+that accept a slightly modified form of Python and generate the corresponding
+C code.  Cython and Pyrex make it possible to write an extension without having
+to learn Python's C API.
 
 If you need to interface to some C or C++ library for which no Python extension
 currently exists, you can try wrapping the library's data types and functions

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/programming.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/programming.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/faq/programming.rst	Sat Feb  5 11:57:17 2011
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@
 
 .. XXX seems to have overlap with other questions!
 
-`Pyrex <http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_ can compile a
-slightly modified version of Python code into a C extension, and can be used on
-many different platforms.
+`Cython <http://cython.org>`_ and `Pyrex <http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/>`_
+can compile a slightly modified version of Python code into a C extension, and
+can be used on many different platforms.
 
 `Psyco <http://psyco.sourceforge.net>`_ is a just-in-time compiler that
 translates Python code into x86 assembly language.  If you can use it, Psyco can