extra_compile_args in Cython

Question

I want to pass some extra options to the Cython compiler by using extra_compile_args.

My setup.py:

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Answer 1

Mike Muller's answer works, but builds extensions in the current directory, not next to the .pyx file when --inplace is given as in:

python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace

So my workaround is to compose a CFLAGS string and override the env variable:

os.environ['CFLAGS'] = '-O3 -Wall -std=c++11 -I"some/custom/paths"'
setup(ext_modules = cythonize(src_list_pyx, language = 'c++'))

Answer 2

Use the more traditional way without cythonize to supply extra compiler options:

from distutils.core import setup
from distutils.extension import Extension
from Cython.Distutils import build_ext

setup(
  name = 'Test app',
  ext_modules=[
    Extension('test',
              sources=['test.pyx'],
              extra_compile_args=['-O3'],
              language='c++')
    ],
  cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext}
)