X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/vim.git/blobdiff_plain/31fe97e7ce1055debaa54bed9c63e252508a9a75..ad5c315ddad26a3c41f22d3b73c493fb7d7b86b8:/docs/faq.md?ds=inline diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index 70f9b51..b2fe42d 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ _Black_ is timid about formatting Jupyter Notebooks. Cells containing any of the following will not be formatted: - automagics (e.g. `pip install black`) -- non-Python cell magics (e.g. `%%writeline`) +- non-Python cell magics (e.g. `%%writeline`). These can be added with the flag + `--python-cell-magics`, e.g. `black --python-cell-magics writeline hello.ipynb`. - multiline magics, e.g.: ```python @@ -112,3 +113,22 @@ _Black_ is an autoformatter, not a Python linter or interpreter. Detecting all s errors is not a goal. It can format all code accepted by CPython (if you find an example where that doesn't hold, please report a bug!), but it may also format some code that CPython doesn't accept. + +## What is `compiled: yes/no` all about in the version output? + +While _Black_ is indeed a pure Python project, we use [mypyc] to compile _Black_ into a +C Python extension, usually doubling performance. These compiled wheels are available +for 64-bit versions of Windows, Linux (via the manylinux standard), and macOS across all +supported CPython versions. + +Platforms including musl-based and/or ARM Linux distributions, and ARM Windows are +currently **not** supported. These platforms will fall back to the slower pure Python +wheel available on PyPI. + +If you are experiencing exceptionally weird issues or even segfaults, you can try +passing `--no-binary black` to your pip install invocation. This flag excludes all +wheels (including the pure Python wheel), so this command will use the [sdist]. + +[mypyc]: https://mypyc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ +[sdist]: + https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/glossary/#term-Source-Distribution-or-sdist