setup() and C extensions

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:02:22 -0300, 7stud <bbxx789_05ss at yahoo.com>  
escribió:

> I can't find any documentation on the setup() function in the
> distutils.core module; specifically I want to know what the 'name'
> argument does.  In some examples in the python docs, they use the name
> argument like this:

http://docs.python.org/dist/module-distutils.core.html

> So it looks like the 'name' argument should be a package name.

Exactly.

> However, when I compile an extension module using that format, I can
> import the module using the syntax:
>
> import module1
>
> I don't have to use PackageName.module1.

"name" should be the full dotted name - but I've never tried it actually.

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Gabriel Genellina