[Python-Dev] Linux Python linking with G++? (original) (raw)

David Abrahams dave at boost-consulting.com
Thu Jul 7 20:54:40 CEST 2005

Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> writes:

>> Configure with --without-cxx to not use g++. Since there is an >> option in configure, I assume it is intentional.

Dave> O-kay... any idea what the rationale for this decision might be? I believe it's so that people can link in libraries written in C++ and have them initialized properly.

Can you give specifics? What do you mean by "link in?" Do you mean "statically link into the Python interpreter," or something else?

Boost.Python is a library written in C++ and I've never had trouble using it with a Python executable... until I ran into a Python that was linked with libstdc++!

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