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Updated docs for coverage c extension #594

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@@ -190,10 +190,15 @@ the encodings module). Do not worry if you can't get this to work or it doesn't
make any sense; it's entirely optional and only important for a small number of
modules.

If you still choose to try this, the first step is to build coverage.py's C
extension code. Assuming that coverage.py's clone is at ``COVERAGEDIR`` and
your clone of CPython is at ``CPYTHONDIR``, you execute the following in your
coverage.py clone::
If you still choose to try this, the first step is to make sure coverage.py's
C extension is installed. You can check this with::

./python COVERAGEDIR --version

If it says 'without C extension', then you will need to build the C extension.
Assuming that coverage.py's clone is at ``COVERAGEDIR`` and your clone of CPython
is at ``CPYTHONDIR``, you can do this by executing the following in your coverage.py
clone::

CPPFLAGS="-I CPYTHONDIR -I CPYTHONDIR/Include" CPYTHONDIR/python setup.py build_ext --inplace

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