On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 7:53 PM, David Cournapeau <courn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Nathan Coulson <conat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> actually figured out a neat trick, mingw-w64 can link directly to the .dll. >> gcc file.c python31.dll -o file.exe >> >> no .a needed. >> >> http://www.mingw.org/wiki/sampleDLL >> >> (have yet to find out if it actually works yet, but so far looks promising) > > Note the "If this method works for your application then there is > usually no need for an import library.". Whether it works or not is > often found the hard way (i.e. you won't have a linking error, but > subtle bugs). Building a .a library is more stable in my experience > (even in 32 bits). > > In any case, note the -DMS_WIN64 which is mandatory if you want to > make it work (without this define, mingw will use the python headers > for 32 bits, with pointers typedef defined for 32 bits pointers > instead of 64 bits, which will not work very well :) ). > > cheers, > > David
very good note, had no clue. -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) ------ Location: British Columbia, Canada Timezone: PST (-8) Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
