[Python-Dev] Python for windows. (original) (raw)

Christian Heimes lists at cheimes.de
Fri Nov 28 00:15:19 CET 2008

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

All, and not to start flames, but I still do not understand why applink.c isn't included in python's main (conditionally) instead of expecting users, many of them novices, to do the build. ??? One reason is that I don't know what applink is, and why I should care about it. (I may have known in the past, but then I have forgotten since).

Applink is roughly explained at http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#PROG2. The matter was discussed about half a year ago but no decision was made. See http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-March/077424.html

applink.c is just a table of integer constants to function pointers. It makes mixing of different CRTs secure. You'll get the idea after reading the file, Martin. A similar approach could be useful for Python, too.

Christian

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