Cython Installation on Windows documentation (http://wiki.cython.org/ InstallingOnWindows) needs a minor but important change.
Under section "MinGW Compiler" [build] compiler = mingw32 should be replaced by the following lines (i.e. disutils.cfg should have the following lines) [build] compiler=mingw32 /Srijit -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list