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Expand Up @@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ Building C and C++ Extensions with setuptools

Python 3.12 and newer no longer come with distutils. Please refer to the
``setuptools`` documentation at
https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html
https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/ext_modules.html
to learn more about how build and distribute C/C++ extensions with setuptools.
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Expand Up @@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ Windows programmer learning to build Python extensions and the Unix programmer
interested in producing software which can be successfully built on both Unix
and Windows.

Module authors are encouraged to use the distutils approach for building
extension modules, instead of the one described in this section. You will still
Module authors are encouraged to use the ``setuptools`` approach for `building
extension modules`_, instead of the one described in this section. You will still
need the C compiler that was used to build Python; typically Microsoft Visual
C++.

.. _building extension modules: https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/ext_modules.html

.. note::

This chapter mentions a number of filenames that include an encoded Python
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