How to build a Python C Extension so I can import it from a module

Question

I have a Python project with many sub-modules that I package up with distutils. I would like to build some Python extensions in C to live in some of these sub-modules but I

Answer 1

Just change

Extension('c_extension', ...)

to

Extension('foo.bar.c_extension', ...)

You will need __init__.py files in each of the foo and bar directories, as usual. To have these packaged with the module in your setup.py, you need to add

packages = ['foo', 'foo.bar'],

to your setup() call, and you will need the directory structure

setup.py
foo/
    __init__.py
    bar/
        __init__.py

in your source directory.