[Python-Dev] ctypes and win64 (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Oct 21 20:10:10 CEST 2006

Thomas Heller schrieb:

The official Python-2.5.amd64.msi does not contain ctypes, so the official Python-2.5.x.amd64.msi should also not contain ctypes (I assume).

That would be good, yes.

Not many people (I assume again) are running 64-bit windows, and use the 64-bit Python version

I also agree.

- but that will probably change soon.

It speculation either way, but I disagree. It will take several years until people widely use Win64. For the foreseeable future, there are too many inconveniences to make it practical.

I would like to merge the 64-bit windows related ctypes changes in trunk, as soon as I'm sure that they work, back into the release25-maint branch. And also make separate ctypes releases from the release25-maint source code. I will only backport these changes if I'm convinced that they do not change the functionality of tehe current code.

I understand this. Still, integrating such changes formally introduces a new feature to the 2.5 branch (even though the feature isn't exposed readily). Whether or not this is ok is for the release manager to decide.

What I don't understand is what the "64-bit windows related ctypes changes" are. Do they include changes to the PCbuild directory?

Regards, Martin

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