.

bigfile/_file_zodb.pyx

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 
 """XXX"""
 
+cdef extern from "wcfs/internal/wcfs.h":
+    pass
+
 #from wendelin.bigfile import BigFile
 cdef extern from "bigfile/_bigfile.h":
     ctypedef extern class _bigfile.BigFile[object PyBigFile]:

setup.py

@@ -266,7 +266,11 @@ setup(
                     _bigfile,
 
                     PyGoExt('wendelin.bigfile._file_zodb',
-                        ['bigfile/_file_zodb.pyx']),
+                        ['bigfile/_file_zodb.pyx'],
+                        extra_compile_args = [
+                            '-fplan9-extensions',   # anonymous-structs + simple inheritance
+                            '-std=gnu++11', # not c++11 since we use typeof
+                        ]),
 
                     PyGoExt('wendelin.wcfs.internal._wcfs',
                         ['wcfs/internal/_wcfs.pyx',