To get that Python module, we will use a tool called “pip.” We covered how to use this in our comprehensive beginners’ guide to Python. To access pip open up the terminal or load a command ...

Devs unknowingly use “malicious” modules snuck into official Python repository Code packages available in PyPI contained modified installation scripts.

For some time now, Python developers have been able to “annotate” names with type information. With Python 3.5, type hints officially became part of the language (see PEP 484).

Cython generates the second kind of module: C libraries that talk to Python’s internals, and that can be bundled with existing Python code. Cython code looks a lot like Python code, by design.