'''
Monkey patch setuptools to write faster console_scripts with this format:

    from mymodule import entry_function
    entry_function()

This is better.
'''
from setuptools.command import easy_install


@classmethod
def get_args(cls, dist, header=None):
    """
    Yield write_script() argument tuples for a distribution's
    console_scripts and gui_scripts entry points.
    """
    template = 'import sys\nfrom {0} import {1}\nsys.exit({1}())'
    if header is None:
        header = cls.get_header()
    spec = str(dist.as_requirement())
    for type_ in 'console', 'gui':
        group = type_ + '_scripts'
        for name, ep in dist.get_entry_map(group).items():
            cls._ensure_safe_name(name)
            script_text = template.format(
                          ep.module_name, ep.attrs[0])
            args = cls._get_script_args(type_, name, header, script_text)
            for res in args:
                yield res


easy_install.ScriptWriter.get_args = get_args


def main():
    import os
    import re
    import shutil
    import sys
    dests = sys.argv[1:] or ['.']
    filename = re.sub('\.pyc$', '.py', __file__)

    for dst in dests:
        shutil.copy(filename, dst)
        manifest_path = os.path.join(dst, 'MANIFEST.in')

        # Insert the include statement to MANIFEST.in if not present
        with open(manifest_path, 'a+') as manifest:
            manifest.seek(0)
            if not 'include fastentrypoints.py' in manifest.read():
                manifest.write('\ninclude fastentrypoints.py')

'''
Monkey patch setuptools to write faster console_scripts with this format:

    from mymodule import entry_function
    entry_function()

This is better.
'''
from setuptools.command import easy_install


@classmethod
def get_args(cls, dist, header=None):
    """
    Yield write_script() argument tuples for a distribution's
    console_scripts and gui_scripts entry points.
    """
    template = 'import sys\nfrom {0} import {1}\nsys.exit({1}())'
    if header is None:
        header = cls.get_header()
    spec = str(dist.as_requirement())
    for type_ in 'console', 'gui':
        group = type_ + '_scripts'
        for name, ep in dist.get_entry_map(group).items():
            cls._ensure_safe_name(name)
            script_text = template.format(
                          ep.module_name, ep.attrs[0])
            args = cls._get_script_args(type_, name, header, script_text)
            for res in args:
                yield res


easy_install.ScriptWriter.get_args = get_args


def main():
    import os
    import re
    import shutil
    import sys
    dests = sys.argv[1:] or ['.']
    filename = re.sub('\.pyc$', '.py', __file__)

    for dst in dests:
        shutil.copy(filename, dst)
        manifest_path = os.path.join(dst, 'MANIFEST.in')
        setup_path = os.path.join(dst, 'setup.py')

        # Insert the include statement to MANIFEST.in if not present
        with open(manifest_path, 'a+') as manifest:
            manifest.seek(0)
            if not 'include fastentrypoints.py' in manifest.read():
                manifest.write('\ninclude fastentrypoints.py')

        # Insert the import statement to setup.py if not present
        with open(setup_path, 'a+') as setup:
            setup.seek(0)
            setup_content = setup.read()
            if not 'import fastentrypoints' in setup_content:
                setup.seek(0)
                setup.truncate()
                setup.write('import fastentrypoints\n' + setup_content)

Insert the import line to the setup.py