[Numpy-discussion] NumPy, shared libraries and ctypes

[Robert Kern]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Wouldn't it make more sense to just rename the .pyd generated by 
> distutils to .dll or .so?  Especially since the .pyd generated by 
> distutils won't actually be a python extension module.   This renaming 
> could be automated by a simple python script that wraps distutils.  The 
> addition of the init{modulename} function could also be done by that 
> script.

The strategy of "post-processing" after the setup() is not really robust. I've 
encountered a number of packages that try to things like that, and I've never 
had one work right.

And no, it won't solve the init{modulename} problem, either. It's a problem that 
occurs at build-time, not import-time.

-- 
Robert Kern

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