BLD: add check to prevent tempita name error, clsoes pandas-dev#28836 (…

…pandas-dev#30498)
AlexKirko · Dec 29, 2019 · bdfdcfa · bdfdcfa
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -504,6 +504,10 @@ def maybe_cythonize(extensions, *args, **kwargs):
         # See https://github.com/cython/cython/issues/1495
         return extensions
 
+    elif not cython:
+        # GH#28836 raise a helfpul error message
+        raise RuntimeError("Cannot cythonize without Cython installed.")
+
     numpy_incl = pkg_resources.resource_filename("numpy", "core/include")
     # TODO: Is this really necessary here?
     for ext in extensions: