Cython, the toolkit that allows Python code to be converted to high-speed C code, has a new 0.27 release that can now use Python’s own native typing syntax to speed up the Python-to-C conversion ...

Cython gives faster C-like performance to Python code execution. "The memory leak consisted of a small constant amount of bytes in certain function calls from Cython code," explains Langa.

Long in development, the new major release of the Python-to-C compiler sheds legacy Python support and readies Cython developers for big changes in Python.