Coverage on packaging Mojo extensions for Python

[Olobir]

Thank you for the Miji Book @forfudan .

It is a great resource for users like me who are new to Mojo.

Mojo is becoming more user-friendly recently when it comes to extending Mojo for Python.
According to the Modular documentation, you can build Mojo extension modules for Python in two ways:

• Using source files that are compiled on demand via the Python Mojo importer hook.
• Using pre-built .so dynamic libraries for Python extension modules.

To build a module extension (note: the source file must be a .mojo file), you can run:
mojo build mojo_module.mojo --emit shared-lib -o mojo_module.so

I was wondering if there is already a way to build a Mojo extension for Python from a package (not a single module).
It would be great to have some coverage on this topic, too.

Thanks again for all the great work!

https://docs.modular.com/mojo/manual/python/mojo-from-python/#building-mojo-extension-modules

[forfudan]

@Olobir, thank you for your interest in the Miji!

Building Python packages with Mojo is a topic that I am not familiar with. The current functionalities provided by Mojo and the official manual suggest that calling Mojo in Python is a feature that is still in an early stage of its lifetime.

Calling Mojo code from Python is in early development. You should expect a lot of changes to the API and ergonomics. Likewise, this documentation is still a work in progress. See below for known limitations.

If I wrote a chapter on this topic, I have to constantly update it as new Mojo versions are released. Thus, I decided to not touch this part until more stable and comprehensive functionalities are provided by Mojo.

Nevertheless, it is definitely something worthy covering in the Miji. I actually created an empty file for the Python-Mojo interoperation a while ago. Maybe someday it will be filled. :D

Thank you for mentioning this! I will keep this issue open which will remind me to keep an eye on any updates in future from Mojo.