How should one go about handling building a Python C Extensi

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How should one go about handling building a Python C Extension Module Is there a mechanism in ecosystem to do this or is it more of a do it outside of pants thing

curved-television-6568 · Answer

I m no expert here but I think if you provide your own setup py pants can use that and in that way build native extensions It is mentioned here <https www pantsbuild org v2 8 docs python distributions setuppy>

bitter-ability-32190 · Answer

worth a shot

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

Yep Pants 2 8 will build your native extensions from a custom setup py

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

See <https blog pantsbuild org pants supports pep 517 >

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

That would be the standard way at present

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

In the future I could imagine supporting C C++ and or Rust as a first class language in Pants and shimming a linked binary into a native extension but usually native extensions are small and probably don t require that much overkill