On 15/02/2007 10:30 AM, Paul Pogonyshev wrote: > Hi, > > Distutils create dynamic library for a C extension in `build/...' > directory. This makes it impossible to run program without > installing it,
Could you not put the build directory on your PYTHONPATH? Possible, if inconvenient. > which I find very important for developing. Ideally, > process should look like this: > edit Python code -> test (uninstalled); > or > edit C code -> ./setup.by build -> test (uninstalled). > This is all possible if I create a symbolic link from build > directory to the sources. Then extension module can be imported > normally and everything is like it was with all code limited to > Python. > > Is it possible in some standard (and preferably portable) way with > distutils? Is it already done? > Is ....setup.py build_ext --inplace what you are looking for? Don't forget ....setup.py --help build_ext HTH, John _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig