Pyrex is a python-like language for writing python extension modules. It can be described as python with C data types. You can produce with it code as fast as in C and access to C libraries is easy.

Homepage at http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/

Two main purposes of Pyrex usage are:

• speed up a Python code
• provide Python interface to existing C modules/libraries

For an example of speedup see [http://www.eby-sarna.com/pipermail/source-changes/2002q4/000749.html this message].

More examples and ideas at [http://www.prescod.net/python/pyrexopt/optimization.html].

You can also consider other Python speedup solutions: http://psyco.sf.net and ["weave"].

[http://www.freenet.org.nz/python/pyrexdoc pyrexdoc] is a tool for generating HTML documentation from a compiled Pyrex module, by DavidMcNab. See other DocumentationTools.

For a step-by-step guide to Pyrex installation on Windows, see this: PyrexOnWindows