"A new project, PythoC, takes a different approach. It uses type-hinted Python to programmatically generate C code-but chiefly for standalone use, and with many more compile-time code generation features than Cython has. PythoC's makers use the phrase "C level runtime, Python powered compile time" to describe their approach. The project is still in its early phases, but there are enough working features to make it worth a look."
"To indicate which functions in a module to compile to C, you use PythoC's @compile decorator, supplying type hints for the result and each parameter. Note that you also need to import PythoC's own i32 hint, instead of using Python's native int. This means you're using machine-native integers and not Python's arbitrary-size ints. When you run this program, you'll get 30 as the output, after a delay."
PythoC uses type-hinted Python to programmatically generate C code, targeting standalone C programs rather than Python extension modules. Functions are marked for compilation with an @compile decorator and require PythoC-provided type hints such as i32 to use machine-native integers. The system compiles C code on the fly when executed, producing native performance but incurring a compile delay and lacking reuse of compiled artifacts when called from Python. PythoC emphasizes powerful compile-time code generation features and describes its model as "C level runtime, Python powered compile time." The project remains in early development with usable features.
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