For a long time, Cython, and C modules for Python generally, were a way to sidestep the GIL, the global interpreter lock. C code that doesn’t call into the CPython runtime isn’t constrained by ...

Cython generates the second kind of module: C libraries that talk to Python’s internals, and that can be bundled with existing Python code. Cython code looks a lot like Python code, by design.

To get that Python module, we will use a tool called “pip.” We covered how to use this in our comprehensive beginners’ guide to Python. To access pip open up the terminal or load a command ...

Devs unknowingly use “malicious” modules snuck into official Python repository Code packages available in PyPI contained modified installation scripts.