How to make a modules built-in, instead dynamic loading

Core Development C API
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In CPython/Modules/Setup file, i saw a comment about how to make a module built-in, it told me to uncomment the some lines and it will compile modules statically into the Python binary, so i tried, here is my modify:

...
# math mathmodule.c
math mathmodule.c
...

I just uncomment 1 line to make math module built-in, But when I executed the python interpreter I compiled, I found that the mah module was still loaded dynamically.

╰─$ ./python    
Python 3.13.0a6+ (heads/main-dirty:6078f2033ea, Apr 18 2024, 11:51:49) [GCC 11.4.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import math
>>> print(math.__file__)
/home/timeplus/ssd/gitdownload/cpython/build/build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.13/math.cpython-313-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
>>>

Can any body explain?

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Did you then rerun configure, and completely clean out the compile results?

3

yes of course, i clear the build environment , in the cpython root dir, i re-run the follwing command: rm -rf build && mkdir build && cd build && ../configure && make

4

It depends on *static* vs *shared* markers in the “Setup” files.

Example of Modules/Setup.local file to build the math extension as a built-in module:

*static*
math mathmodule.c