From f21bf0f07e5fb682ebb273746c8fbda49cad9f8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 00:07:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update compilation instructions.

---
 docs/src/reference/compilation.rst | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/src/reference/compilation.rst b/docs/src/reference/compilation.rst
index 93c324a..51e1286 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/compilation.rst
+++ b/docs/src/reference/compilation.rst
@@ -67,25 +67,47 @@ The ``cythonize`` command also allows for multi-threaded compilation and
 dependency resolution.  Recompilation will be skipped if the target file
 is up to date with its main source file and dependencies.
 
-Under the hood ``cythonize`` creates a list of distutils ``Extension``
-instances. Any extra arguments you pass to ``cythonize`` will be 
-passed to ``Extension``. This is useful if you need to add extra include or
-library paths.
-
-::
+If you have include files in non-standard places you can pass an
+``include_path`` parameter to ``cythonize``::
 
     from distutils.core import setup
     from Cython.Build import cythonize
 
     setup(
         name = "My hello app",
-        ext_modules = cythonize('src/*.pyx',
+        ext_modules = cythonize("src/*.pyx", include_path = [...]),
+    )
+
+If you need to specify compiler options, libraries to link with or other linker
+options you will need to create ``Extension`` instances manually::
+
+    from distutils.core import setup
+    from distutils.extension import Extension
+    from Cython.Build import cythonize
+
+    extensions = [
+        Extension("primes", ["primes.pyx"],
             include_dirs = [...],
-            library_dirs = [...],
-            ),
-        ),
+            libraries = [...],
+            library_dirs = [...]),
+        Extension("spam", ["spam.pyx"],
+            include_dirs = [...],
+            libraries = [...],
+            library_dirs = [...]),
+    ]
+    setup(
+        name = "My hello app",
+        ext_modules = cythonize(extensions),
     )
 
+If your options are static (for example you do not need to call a tool like
+``pkg-config`` to determine them) you can also provide them directly in your
+.pyx source file using a special comment block at the start of the file::
+
+    # distutils: libraries = spam eggs
+    # distutils: include_dirs = /opt/food/include
+
+
 Compiling with ``pyximport``
 =============================
 
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