mypyc: Mypy to Python C Extension Compiler

Mypyc is very early in development and not yet useful for anything.

Mypyc is a compiler that aims to eventually compile mypy-annotated, statically typed Python modules into Python C extensions.

MacOS Requirements

• macOS Sierra

• Xcode command line tools

• Python 3.6 (64-bit) from python.org (other versions likely won't work right now)

Linux Requirements

• A recent enough C/C++ build environment

• Python 3.5+ (64-bit)

Windows Requirements

Windows is currently unsupported.

Quick Start for Contributors

First clone the mypyc git repository and git submodules:

$ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/JukkaL/mypyc.git
$ cd mypyc

Optionally create a virtualenv (recommended):

$ virtualenv -p python3 <directory>
$ source <directory>/bin/activate

Then install the dependencies:

$ python3 -m pip install -r external/mypy/test-requirements.txt

You need to have the mypy subdirectory in your PYTHONPATH:

$ export PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/external/mypy

Now you can run the tests:

$ pytest mypyc

Look at the issue tracker for things to work on.

Documentation

We have some developer documentation.

Development Roadmap

These are the current planned major milestones:

1. Support a smallish but useful Python subset (exact details to be decided). Focus on compiling single modules, while the rest of the program is interpreted and does not need to be type checked. Generate useful errors for code that uses unsupported Python features.

2. Support compiling multiple modules as a single compilation unit (or dynamic linking of compiled modules). Without this inter-module calls will use slower Python-level objects, wrapper functions and Python namespaces.

3. Self-compilation (both mypy and mypyc).

Future

We have some ideas for future improvements and optimizations.