Recently I start looking into Cython, and the Anaconda distribution have this handy script cythonize which allow to do
>cythonize -i foo.pyx
to compile files in place.
My question is how I can use that script to include numpy so my cimport numpy work properly??
I have try with
>cythonize -X include_path=C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -i foo.pyx
>cythonize -s include_path=C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -i foo.pyx
also with include_dir=..., include_dirs=... both with -X and -s
if I use -X I get
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Anaconda3\Scripts\cythonize-script.py", line 5, in <module>
sys.exit(Cython.Build.Cythonize.main())
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\Cython\Build\Cythonize.py", line 185, in main
options, paths = parse_args(args)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\Cython\Build\Cythonize.py", line 172, in parse_args
options, args = parser.parse_args(args)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\optparse.py", line 1387, in parse_args
stop = self._process_args(largs, rargs, values)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\optparse.py", line 1431, in _process_args
self._process_short_opts(rargs, values)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\optparse.py", line 1536, in _process_short_opts
option.process(opt, value, values, self)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\optparse.py", line 785, in process
self.action, self.dest, opt, value, values, parser)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\optparse.py", line 805, in take_action
self.callback(self, opt, value, parser, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\Cython\Build\Cythonize.py", line 38, in parse_directives
value, relaxed_bool=True, current_settings=old_directives)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\Cython\Compiler\Options.py", line 424, in parse_directive_list
raise ValueError('Unknown option: "%s"' % name)
ValueError: Unknown option: "include_path"
with -s I get
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Anaconda3\Scripts\cythonize-script.py", line 5, in <module>
sys.exit(Cython.Build.Cythonize.main())
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\Cython\Build\Cythonize.py", line 196, in main
cython_compile(path, options)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\Cython\Build\Cythonize.py", line 90, in cython_compile
**options.options)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\Cython\Build\Dependencies.py", line 809, in cythonize
ctx = c_options.create_context()
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\Cython\Compiler\Main.py", line 581, in create_context
self.cplus, self.language_level, options=self)
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\Cython\Compiler\Main.py", line 90, in __init__
self.include_directories = include_directories + [standard_include_path]
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'bool' and 'list'
Yes, I can make a setup.py, but I find that very annoying and it leave that build folder there, while cythonize don't do that.
It looks like it's not possible to pass in the include dirs via the command line version of cythonize.
The problem is that looking in the cython source code, it expects options to be boolean:
https://github.com/cython/cython/blob/master/Cython/Build/Cythonize.py#L48
So when you include a path, it gets converted to True:
cythonize -i -s include_path=path_to_numpy_include test.pyx
and the options are parsed as:
{'directives': {}, 'options': {'include_path': True}, 'python3_mode': None, 'annotate': None, 'excludes': [], 'build': True, 'build_inplace': True, 'parallel': 12, 'force': None, 'quiet': None, 'lenient': None, 'keep_going': None}
which results in the type error you're reporting:
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'bool' and 'list'
I think your best bet is to just use a proper setup.py.