Building files within a package

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  • schwehr@gmail.com

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    Building files within a package

    Hi All,

    I am creating a python package that contains a whole pile of functions
    that build lookup tables. Since these lookup tables will not be
    changing, I would like to have setup.py create a lut_static.py fie from
    the lookup table code (lut.py). What is the best way to do this so
    that when I install the package the static tables get build? It
    basically looks like this

    foo-py-0.1
    setup.py
    foo
    lut.py
    lut_static.py <- want to generate this from lut.py

    For development, it is easy enough for me to have a Makefile in foo
    that creates lut_static.py when ever lut.py is changed, but I would
    like to make setup.py handle this so if someone tweaks the lut.py and
    reinstalls it, they don't have to know about foo/Makefile

    Thanks!
    -kurt

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