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diff --git a/docs/src/quickstart/build.rst b/docs/src/quickstart/build.rst index 5d9e8a307..3cbcfa087 100644 --- a/docs/src/quickstart/build.rst +++ b/docs/src/quickstart/build.rst @@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ one may want to read more about There are several ways to build Cython code: - Write a setuptools ``setup.py``. This is the normal and recommended way. + - Run the ``cythonize`` command-line utility. This is a good approach for + compiling a single Cython source file directly to an extension. + A source file can be built "in place" (so that the extension module is created + next to the source file, ready to be imported) with ``cythonize -i filename.pyx``. - Use :ref:`Pyximport<pyximport>`, importing Cython ``.pyx`` files as if they were ``.py`` files (using setuptools to compile and build in the background). This method is easier than writing a ``setup.py``, but is not very flexible. |