[Cython] On cdef extern from syntax

[Robert Bradshaw]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Fabrizio Milo aka misto
<mistobaan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if has been ever discussed to implement the cython
> cdef extern from syntax as a with statement:
>
> with cython.header_importer("") as cy:
>       cy.ctypedef(" unsigned int uint8 ")
>       cy.cfunc( " void * myfunc() )")
>
> or also
>
> with cython.header_importer("") as cy:
>     cy("""
>     ctypdef  ...
>
>     """)
>
> Maybe there is already something like that ?

I don't think the with statement really makes sense here, as it is a
list of global declarations, and the with statement is all about
making something local to a block.

- Robert