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The Cython compiler for writing C extensions for the Python language.

author Robert Bradshaw, Stefan Behnel, Dag Seljebotn, Greg Ewing, et al.
author_email cython-devel@python.org
classifiers
  • Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
  • Intended Audience :: Developers
  • License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
  • Operating System :: OS Independent
  • Programming Language :: Python
  • Programming Language :: Python :: 2
  • Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
  • Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
  • Programming Language :: Python :: 3
  • Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
  • Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
  • Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
  • Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
  • Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
  • Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
  • Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
  • Programming Language :: C
  • Programming Language :: Cython
  • Topic :: Software Development :: Code Generators
  • Topic :: Software Development :: Compilers
  • Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
license Apache
requires_python >=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*
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Cython-0.29.21-cp37-cp37m-linux_x86_64.whl
Size
4 MB
Type
Python Wheel
Python
3.7
Cython-0.29.21.tar.gz
Size
2 MB
Type
Source

The Cython language makes writing C extensions for the Python language as easy as Python itself. Cython is a source code translator based on Pyrex, but supports more cutting edge functionality and optimizations.

The Cython language is a superset of the Python language (almost all Python code is also valid Cython code), but Cython additionally supports optional static typing to natively call C functions, operate with C++ classes and declare fast C types on variables and class attributes. This allows the compiler to generate very efficient C code from Cython code.

This makes Cython the ideal language for writing glue code for external C/C++ libraries, and for fast C modules that speed up the execution of Python code.

Note that for one-time builds, e.g. for CI/testing, on platforms that are not covered by one of the wheel packages provided on PyPI and the pure Python wheel that we provide is not used, it is substantially faster than a full source build to install an uncompiled (slower) version of Cython with:

pip install Cython --install-option="--no-cython-compile"