[Cython] Pure python mode

[Robert Kern]

Robert Bradshaw wrote:
> On Oct 6, 2008, at 9:47 AM, Robert Kern wrote:
> 
>> Robert Bradshaw wrote:
>>> I polished off some more of the pure python mode stuff tonight. I
>>> just pushed it to cython-devel. Now you can do stuff like:
>>>
>>>> import cython  # you need a single file to be in your path to use
>>>> it in pure Python mode, provided (and installed) with Cython
>> Hmm, does this cause a problem on systems with case-insensitive  
>> files? cython.py
>> and Cython/ won't actually conflict on the filesystem, but I  
>> suspect the import
>> mechanism may get confused.
> 
> Currently all the emulating stuff is in Cython/Shadow.py. Both Cython/ 
> __init__.py and cython.py import it, thus it should work on both case- 
> sensitive and case-insensitive filesystems.

Cython/Shadow.py is not what I'm concerned about. It's the presence of both 
cython.py and Cython/__init__.py. I'm wondering if the statement "import cython" 
might actually import Cython/__init__.py on some case-insensitive file system.

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Robert Kern

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