Compile a Cython project and clean

Question

I'm using:

from distutils.core import setup
from Cython.Build import cythonize
setup(ext_modules = cythonize("myfile.pyx"))

to compile myfile.pyx. Is there a way to:

1. Have the .pyd in the current folder (instead of build/ subfolder)
2. Clean after compile (i.e. delete build/ subfolder, delete the .c file)

without having to do it myself with os.remove(...) ?

Answer 1

You can use the --inplace option:

--inplace (-i)       ignore build-lib and put compiled extensions into the
                     source directory alongside your pure Python modules

setup.py clean should clean the build dir. setup.py clean --all cleans all build output.