[SciPy-Dev] Cython 0.16

[Robert Kern]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 16:20, Thouis (Ray) Jones <thouis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 14:45, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 13:20, Warren Weckesser
>> <warren.weckesser at enthought.com> wrote:
>>> Is there currently a constraint on the version of cython that can be used in
>>> scipy?  If so, can we bump it up to the latest version (0.16)?  I would like
>>> to take advantage of the fused types in a extension module that I'm working
>>> on.
>>
>> The current policy is to generate the C sources and check them in too
>> so that downstream builders don't have a dependency on Cython, only
>> people who are actually modifying those Cython sources. So it's just a
>> matter of making sure that scipy developers are on the same page. I
>> have no objection. I would probably make a comment at the top of the
>> file to specify that it requires Cython 0.16.
>
> Is there a way to have Cython check the version at compile time
> (Cython -> C) from within a .pyx file?  I looked through the
> documentation and didn't find anything.

No.

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Robert Kern