Robert, your change requires a bit more of work. Inside pyximport/ you
have a Setup.py file plus some other stuff, like a README. Perhaps
Setup.py could be removed, and the pyximport/README contents could be
added as a docstring inside pyximport/__init__.py

I believe the distutils stuff (for the sake of Cython build/install,
not talking about Cython.Distutils) needs some cleanups and
enhacements. I'll try to make a good patch for this.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert Bradshaw wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 6, 2008, at 3:54 PM, Robert Kern wrote:
>>
>>> Robert Bradshaw wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 6, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Robert Kern wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Robert Bradshaw wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 6, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Robert Kern wrote:
>>>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At least for me, Python cannot import it by the name "cython" if
>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>> Cython/... is available. And I think we want "import cython" (not
>>>>>>> "import
>>>>>>> Cython") to work, as lowercase is more consistent with common  Python
>>>>>>> naming schemes in general and just "feels more right" for such  core
>>>>>>> language functionality.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (Also the module name would otherwise need to change in a lot of
>>>>>>> places --
>>>>>>> when compiling under Cython, as opposed to running in Python,
>>>>>>> "cython" is
>>>>>>> a magic, hard-wired module and "Cython" will not work, at least
>>>>>>> currently
>>>>>>> (and my opinion is it never should))
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My thoughts exactly. I think the "cython compiler codebase" and the
>>>>>> "cython magic module" as completely separate concepts. The only
>>>>>> reason Cython/__init__.py does anything is to be a workaround for
>>>>>> case insensitive filesystems.
>>>>>
>>>>> In that case, I would recommend not using "cython" and pick another
>>>>> name that
>>>>> won't cause problems on such systems.
>>>>
>>>> But it doesn't cause a problem on such systems. Personally, I can't
>>>> think of any name that would be more appropriate than "cython."
>>>
>>> I guess it will probably not cause many problems. It's just a code  smell
>>> that I
>>> would avoid. You're repeating code. And making cython.py do double- duty
>>> as both
>>> a module in site-packages and a script in /usr/local/bin adds to  the
>>> code smell.
>>>
>>> Oh, and don't forget to add cython.py to py_modules=, otherwise I  don't
>>> think it
>>> will get installed correctly.
>>
>> For those who want to ship sources without the cython dependancy, I  they
>> would just copy Shadow.py and name in cython.py in their own  directory.
>
> Ah. I see the intended workflow, now.
>
>> Maybe there's a cleaner way to do this without renaming  either "cython"
>> or "Cython." Or should we put it there for testing  purposes?
>
> Personally, I'd just rename the thing to "cythonize" and avoid the whole
> mess. I don't see much profit in building multiple workarounds just to keep
> a name.
>
>>> While I'm looking at the setup.py script, why are the modules in
>>>  pyximport being
>>> listed separately in py_modules= instead of being listed as a  package in
>>> packages=?
>>
>> I'm not sure, other than that I wasn't able to get the "obvious" way  to
>> work right away. I'm not distutils guru though, so if there's a  better way
>> I'd welcome a patch.
>
> The attached should do.
>
> --
> Robert Kern
>
> "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
>  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it
> had
>  an underlying truth."
>  -- Umberto Eco
>
> diff -r f4b39b81687b setup.py
> --- a/setup.py  Wed Sep 03 18:24:45 2008 +0200
> +++ b/setup.py  Mon Oct 06 18:32:29 2008 -0500
> @@ -97,10 +97,8 @@
>
>     'Cython.Tests',
>     'Cython.Compiler.Tests',
> +    'pyximport',
>     ],
> -
> -  # pyximport
> -  py_modules = ["pyximport/pyximport", "pyximport/pyxbuild"],
>
>   **setup_args
>   )
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