[Cython] Pure python mode

[Robert Kern]

Robert Kern wrote:
> 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.

Oh, never mind. I see what you're saying. But then why do we need cython.py if 
everything is provided by Cython/__init__.py?

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Robert Kern

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