Tutorials

• Basic Tutorial
  • The Basics of Cython
  • Cython Hello World
  • pyximport: Cython Compilation the Easy Way
  • Fibonacci Fun
  • Primes
  • Language Details
• Calling C functions
  • Dynamic linking
  • External declarations
  • Naming parameters
• Using C libraries
  • Defining external declarations
  • Writing a wrapper class
  • Memory management
  • Compiling and linking
  • Mapping functionality
  • Handling errors
  • Testing the result
  • Callbacks
• Extension types (aka. cdef classes)
• pxd files
• Caveats
• Profiling
  • Cython Profiling Basics
  • Profiling Tutorial
• Unicode and passing strings
  • Python string types in Cython code
  • General notes about C strings
  • Passing byte strings
  • Accepting strings from Python code
  • Dealing with “const”
  • Decoding bytes to text
  • Encoding text to bytes
  • C++ strings
  • Auto encoding and decoding
  • Source code encoding
  • Single bytes and characters
  • Narrow Unicode builds
  • Iteration
  • Windows and wide character APIs
• Memory Allocation
• Pure Python Mode
  • Augmenting .pxd
  • Magic Attributes
• Working with NumPy
  • Adding types
  • Efficient indexing
  • Tuning indexing further
  • More generic code
• Working with Python arrays
  • Safe usage with memory views
  • Zero-overhead, unsafe access to raw C pointer
  • Cloning, extending arrays
• Further reading
• Related work
• Appendix: Installing MinGW on Windows