feat: use pyproject.toml instead

Author: henryiii

.github/workflows/wheels.yml

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ on:
 
 env:
   CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: python {project}/tests/test.py
-  # This can be removed if pyproject.toml is used
-  CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: pip install pybind11
 
 
 jobs:

pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=42",
+    "wheel",
+    "pybind11>=2.6.0",
+]
+
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

setup.py

@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
-# With setup_requires, this runs twice - once without setup_requires, and once
-# with. The build only happens the second time.
-try:
-    from pybind11.setup_helpers import Pybind11Extension, build_ext
-    from pybind11 import get_cmake_dir
-except ImportError:
-    from setuptools import Extension as Pybind11Extension
-    from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
+# Available at setup time due to pyproject.toml
+from pybind11.setup_helpers import Pybind11Extension, build_ext
+from pybind11 import get_cmake_dir
 
 import sys
 
@@ -39,10 +34,6 @@
     description="A test project using pybind11",
     long_description="",
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
-    # Note: You have to add pybind11 to both setup and install requires to make
-    # it available during the build. Using PEP 518's pyproject.toml is better!
-    setup_requires=["pybind11==2.6.0"],
-    install_requires=["pybind11==2.6.0"],
     extras_require={"test": "pytest"},
     # Currently, build_ext only provides an optional "highest supported C++
     # level" feature, but in the future it may provide more features.