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Learning Cython Programming (Second Edition)

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Learning Cython Programming (Second Edition)

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Cython is a hybrid programming language used to write C extensions for Python language. Combining the practicality of Python and speed and ease of the C language it’s an exciting language worth learning if you want to build fast applications with ease. This new edition of Learning Cython Programming shows you how to get started, taking you through the fundamentals so you can begin to experience its unique powers. You’ll find out how to get set up, before exploring the relationship between Python and Cython. You’ll also look at debugging Cython, before moving on to C++ constructs, Caveat on C++ usage, Python threading and GIL in Cython. Finally, you’ll learn object initialization and compile time, and gain a deeper insight into Python 3, which will help you not only become a confident Cython developer, but a much more fluent Python developer too.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Cython Won't Bite
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1. Cython Won't Bite
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Installing Cython
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Getting started – Hello World
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Summary
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2. Understanding Cython
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2. Understanding Cython
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Linking models
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Cython keyword – cdef
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Typedef and function pointers
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The public keyword
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Keyword cpdef
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Logging from C/C++ into Python
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Using Python ConfigParser from C/C++
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Callbacks from Python to C/C++
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Cython PXD
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Integration with build systems
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Summary
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3. Extending Applications
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3. Extending Applications
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Cython pure Python code
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Compiling pure Python code
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Python garbage collector
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Extending Tmux
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Embedding Python
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Cythonizing struct cmd_entry
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Implementing a Tmux command
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Hooking everything together
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Summary
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4. Debugging Cython
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4. Debugging Cython
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Using GDB with Cython
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Cython caveats
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Summary
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5. Advanced Cython
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5. Advanced Cython
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Cython and C++
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C++ new and del keyword
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Overloading
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Templates
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Static class member attribute
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Calling C++ functions – Caveat
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Python distutils
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Python threading and GIL
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Cython keywords
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Messaging server
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Caveat on GIL
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Unit testing the native code
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Preventing subclassing
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Parsing large amounts of data
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Summary
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6. Further Reading
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6. Further Reading
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Overview
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OpenMP support
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Compile time preprocessor
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Python 3
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PyPy
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AutoPXD
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Pyrex and Cython
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SWIG and Cython
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Cython and NumPy
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Numba versus Cython
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Parakeet and Numba
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Relevant Links
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Index
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Python garbage collector

When wrapping up native structs, for example, it can be very tempting to follow standard C/C++ idioms and require the Python programmer to call, allocate, and release manually on different objects. This is very tedious and not very Pythonic. Cython allows us to create cdef classes, which have extra hooks for initialization and deallocation that we can use to control all memory management of structs. These hooks are triggered automatically by the Python garbage collector, making everything nice and simple. Consider the following simple struct:

typedef struct data {
  int value;
} data_t;

We can then write the Cython declaration of the C struct into PyData.pxd as follows:

cdef extern from "Data.h":
    struct data:
        int value
    ctypedef data data_t

Now that we have defined the struct, we can wrap up the struct into a class:

cimport PyData

cdef class Data(object):
    cdef PyData.data_t * _nativeData
    …

Wrapping up data into a class like this...

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