Commit 84836476 authored by Francesc Alted's avatar Francesc Alted Committed by Robert Bradshaw

Added info on how to set directives.

parent 5598db0e
......@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ Cython generates. Here is the list:
the operands have opposite signs) and raise a
``ZeroDivisionError`` when the right operand is 0. This has about
a 35% speed penalty. If set to True, no checks are performed. See
`CEP 516 <http://wiki.cython.org/enhancements/division>`. Default
`CEP 516 <http://wiki.cython.org/enhancements/division>`_. Default
is False.
``cdivision_warnings`` (True / False)
If set to True, Cython will emit a runtime warning whenever
division is performed with negative operands. See `CEP 516
<http://wiki.cython.org/enhancements/division>`. Default is
<http://wiki.cython.org/enhancements/division>`_. Default is
False.
``always_allow_keywords`` (True / False)
......@@ -81,11 +81,55 @@ Cython generates. Here is the list:
Infer types of untyped variables in function bodies. Default is
False.
How to set directives
---------------------
Globally
:::::::::
One can set compiler directives through a special header comment at the top of the file, like this::
#!python
#cython: boundscheck=False
The comment must appear before any code (but can appear after other
comments or whitespace).
One can also pass a directive on the command line by using the -X switch::
$ cython -X boundscheck=True ...
Directives passed on the command line will override directives set in
header comments.
Locally
::::::::
For local blocks, you need to cimport the special builtin ``cython``
module::
#!python
cimport cython
Then you can use the directives either as decorators or in a with
statement, like this::
#!python
@cython.boundscheck(False) # turn off boundscheck for this function
def f():
...
with cython.boundscheck(True): # turn it temporarily on again for this block
...
.. Warning:: These two methods of setting directives are **not**
affected by overriding the directive on the command-line using the
-X option.
The following sub-sections describe several ways to build your
extension modules, and how to pass directives to the Cython compiler.
From the command line
=====================
Compiling from the command line
===============================
Run the Cython compiler command with your options and list of ``.pyx``
files to generate. For example::
......@@ -109,9 +153,8 @@ paths to libraries you need to link with]
A ``yourmod.so`` file is now in the same directory and your module,
``yourmod``, is available for you to import as you normally would.
Distutils
=========
Compiling with ``distutils``
============================
First, make sure that ``distutils`` package is installed in your
system. The following assumes a Cython file to be compiled called
......@@ -121,10 +164,14 @@ system. The following assumes a Cython file to be compiled called
from distutils.extension import Extension
from Cython.Distutils import build_ext
ext_modules = [Extension("hello", ["hello.pyx"])]
ext_modules = [Extension("spam", ["spam.pyx"]),
Extension("ham", ["ham.pyx"])]
# You can add directives for each extension too
# by attaching the `pyrex_directives`
for e in ext modules:
e.pyrex_directives = {"boundscheck": False}
setup(
name = ’Hello world app’,
name = ’My hello app’,
cmdclass = {’build_ext’: build_ext},
ext_modules = ext_modules
)
......@@ -133,8 +180,8 @@ Run the command ``python setup.py build_ext --inplace`` in your
system's command shell and you are done. Import your new extension
module into your python shell or script as normal.
Pyximport
=========
Compiling with ``pyximport``
=============================
For generating Cython code right in your pure python module just type::
......@@ -156,11 +203,11 @@ using this feature, just tell that to ``pyximport``::
>>> pyximport.install(pyimport = True)
Sage
====
Compiling with Sage
===================
The Sage notebook allows transparently editing and compiling Cython
code simply by typing %cython at the top of a cell and evaluate
code simply by typing ``%cython`` at the top of a cell and evaluate
it. Variables and functions defined in a Cython cell imported into the
running session. Please check `Sage documentation
<http://www.sagemath.org/doc/>` for details.
<http://www.sagemath.org/doc/>`_ for details.
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