[BUG] string in #define macro in cython in notebook

[jayenashar]

Describe the bug

I have an iPython notebook and I can specify cython macros fine with something like

# distutils: define_macros=NAME=VALUE

but now I want to pass VALUE as a string "VALUE"

# distutils: define_macros=NAME="VALUE"

It IS passing a string, but it's passing "__Pyx_L1_".

I tried 'VALUE' and \"VALUE\" but they give compile errors because ' is for a character and \ becomes a "stray".

Code to reproduce the behaviour:

# distutils: define_macros=NAME="VALUE"

Expected behaviour

I expect the macro NAME to be set to "VALUE"

Environment

OS: [e.g. Linux, Windows, macOS] Linux
Python version [e.g. 3.10.2] 3.10.6
Cython version [e.g. 3.0.0a11] 3.0.0a11

Additional context

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75066010/string-in-define-macro-in-cython-in-notebook#comment132470048_75066010

@realead made me do it

[jayenashar]

can't attach the notebook but here is my test