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diff --git a/docs/src/userguide/debugging.rst b/docs/src/userguide/debugging.rst index 06af18bbf..a33ff8dd8 100644 --- a/docs/src/userguide/debugging.rst +++ b/docs/src/userguide/debugging.rst @@ -21,19 +21,20 @@ source, and then running:: make sudo make install +Installing the Cython debugger can be quite tricky. `This installation script and example code <https://gitlab.com/volkerweissmann/cygdb_installation>`_ might be useful. + The debugger will need debug information that the Cython compiler can export. This can be achieved from within the setup script by passing ``gdb_debug=True`` to ``cythonize()``:: - from distutils.core import setup - from distutils.extension import Extension + from setuptools import Extension, setup extensions = [Extension('source', ['source.pyx'])] setup(..., ext_modules=cythonize(extensions, gdb_debug=True)) For development it's often helpful to pass the ``--inplace`` flag to -the ``setup.py`` script, which makes distutils build your project +the ``setup.py`` script, which makes setuptools build your project "in place", i.e., not in a separate `build` directory. When invoking Cython from the command line directly you can have it write |