Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Kevin D. Smith schrieb: > > Then there is Mike Fletcher's web page > > (http://www.vrplumber.com/programming/mstoolkit/) that describes in > > detail how to build extensions, but most of the links to external > > software are no longer valid. I think it's safe to say that I am > > completely lost, as there appears to be no authoritative, up-to-date > > description on how to make this work. > > If all else fails, buy a copy of Visual Studio 2003. They are available > fairly cheap at Ebay. >
For some value of 'cheap'. They seem to go for about £100 on ebay in the UK. :-( More interestingly, someone reported on Python-dev recently a speed improvement of around 30% (from memory) by compiling with VC 8. I know the grumble (almost certainly correctly) about Microsoft's 'odd' interpretation of the C standards in VC 8, but it looks like there are major benefits to switching... Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > Regards, > Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
