[Python-Dev] Build extensions for windows python 2.4 what are the compiler rules? (original) (raw)

Barry Scott barry at barrys-emacs.org
Fri Dec 24 01:17:49 CET 2004

On Dec 23, 2004, at 23:12, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

Barry Scott wrote:

It seems that I can build extensions with msvc 6.0 that work with the python 2.4 windows binary kit. Is this safe? No, it isn't. This emerges as a Python 2.4 FAQ.

I recall warning a while ago about mixing msvc 6.0 and msvc 7.1 runtime DLL's. Is this an issue with python 2.4? Yes, it is. I'm also surprised that the python 2.4 source kit only mentions MSVC 6.0 and not the compiler that you actually built python 2.4 with. Why do you say that? PCbuild/readme.txt starts with

I recursive grep'ed and missed this ref. However I did read this in README.TXT:

Building on non-UNIX systems

For Windows (2000/NT/ME/98/95), assuming you have MS VC++ 6.0, the project files are in PCbuild, the workspace is pcbuild.dsw. See PCbuild\readme.txt for detailed instructions.

Which says that PCbuild/readme.txt is about VC++ 6.0

Building Python using VC++ 7.1 ------------------------------------- This directory is used to build Python for Win32 platforms, e.g. Windows 95, 98 and NT. It requires Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 (a.k.a. Visual Studio .NET 2003). (For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../PC/readme.txt.)

Regards, Martin

Barry

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