From: Stefan Behnel Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:45:04 +0000 (+0100) Subject: clarification X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=11134c9c476467adcc65452a2a55474317b6fbb9;p=cython.git clarification --- diff --git a/src/tutorial/external.rst b/src/tutorial/external.rst index 6af6887f..991e71db 100644 --- a/src/tutorial/external.rst +++ b/src/tutorial/external.rst @@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ above ``sin()`` function is defined as follows:: cdef extern from "math.h": double sin(double) -This instructs Cython to generate code that imports the ``math.h`` -header file and declares the ``sin()`` function in a way that makes it -available to Cython code. The C compiler will see the original +This declares the ``sin()`` function in a way that makes it available +to Cython code and instructs Cython to generate C code that imports +the ``math.h`` header file. The C compiler will see the original declaration in ``math.h`` at compile time, but Cython does not parse "math.h" and requires a separate definition.