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7.3 Single extension module
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Extension modules are specified using the <span class="du-option">ext_modules</span> option.
<span class="du-option">package_dir</span> has no effect on where extension source files are
found; it only affects the source for pure Python modules. The simplest
case, a single extension module in a single C source file, is:
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<root>/
setup.py
foo.c
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If the <tt class="module">foo</tt> extension belongs in the root package, the setup
script for this could be
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from distutils.core import setup
setup(name='foobar',
version='1.0',
ext_modules=[Extension('foo', ['foo.c'])],
)
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If the extension actually belongs in a package, say <tt class="module">foopkg</tt>,
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With exactly the same source tree layout, this extension can be put in
the <tt class="module">foopkg</tt> package simply by changing the name of the
extension:
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from distutils.core import setup
setup(name='foobar',
version='1.0',
ext_modules=[Extension('foopkg.foo', ['foo.c'])],
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