Today, I want to show you how to write a Python extension in Rust using pyo3. I like tinkering with programming languages and making things faster. What's cooler than combining those two things? With Rust you can write safe, fast extensions for dynamically typed programming languages like Python, PHP, or Ruby. That's why today i'd like to show you how to write a Python extension from scratch!
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Keywords: Tutorial, FFI, pyo3, Module, Extension, Python
- A nightly compiler is required. You can use rustup to install it.
- To use your compiled module, run the Python interpreter outside of the project folder.
- Here are a few ideas for your own module: Write a regex module based on Rust's re or write a str.replace method.
- If you like this stuff check out hyperjson, a json module I wrote in Rust.
- setup.py (for humans): https://github.com/kennethreitz/setup.py.
It might come as a surprise to you, but every once in a while even I make a mistake.
This section covers all improvements made to the code since the epsiode went live.
For an exhaustive list of all changes to the original code, go here.
Thanks to all contributors!
- Update code to work with latest version of pyo3; formatting and cleanup for stabilizations. See changes here.
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