On Sep 1, 1:40 pm, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 31, 9:06 pm, David Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > August 31, 2007 > > > I just downloaded the current Cython release and have no problem running > > the cpython.py translator on the demo code. But when I try compiling, I > > get an error complaining that my version of Python (which is the current > > 2.5.1 downloaded from python.org) was compiled with Visual C++ 2003. I > > only have Visual C++ 2005 on my machine and am unable to find a download > > of 2003 on the Microsoft site (no big surprise). I have never built > > Python from source. Is it necessary or can someone suggest an alternative? > > > TIA > > > david lees > > Unless you are customizing Python (and you can accomplish a *lot* > without doing so), it is not necessary to build Python from source. > Download one of the pre-built Windows binaries and install it, or get > the Win Python distribution from ActiveState and install that. Then > start writing your own Python demo scripts. >
Paul, AFAICT the OP is referring not to CPython, but to Cython, which is a Pyrex fork. See http://www.cython.org/ Building CPython from source is likely to be a red herring. The OP's question appears to be "How do I, on Windows, compile C code generated by Cython into a pyd that will play happily with the standard-issue python.exe and python25.dll?", and is probably best directed to one of the 3 forums mentioned on the above-referenced page. HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
