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		syllogism on Oct 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing C in Cython Unfortunately, you're dead right --- this sucks in C and it sucks in Cython! I don't understand why .pxd files are necessary --- they should be generateable from the .pyx files. At some point I'll have a go at this... But, as of now, you need to maintain this separate file, which you must keep synchronised to changes in the original. And, yes --- this sucks! The only mercy is that writing code in the headers is illegal.

andreasvc on Oct 21, 2014 [–]

It is not illegal to write code in pxd files. For cdef functions to be inline-able across modules, they need to be specified in a pxd file. But that is the exception to the rule.

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