Am 23.11.2011 13:11, schrieb pyt...@bdurham.com: > Looking for some tips on getting started with Cython development > under Windows. I am using Python 2.7.2. > > After reading the Cython documentation [1] it appears that one > has a choice of using either the MinGW or MS Visual C compiler. > > 1. Are there any issues associated with using the MinGW compiler > and mixing C runtimes? This seems the be the simplest and fastest > way to get started with the tradeoff being the need to distribute > another C runtime (in addition to the MS C runtime required for > the Python interpreter itself)
No, don't worry. MinGW from msys can link against almost any C runtime library. > 2. Regarding the MS Visual C compiler - can one use the C > compiler that ships with one of the free Express editions of > Visual Studio or must one purchase a full version of MS Visual > Studio to get the appropriate compiler? > > 3. Which version (2005, 2008, 2010, ...) of MS Visual Studio is > required to compile Cython libraries compatible with the 32 bit > version of Python 2.7.2? I've explained everything in PCbuild/readme.txt in great detail. Summary: You can use the free VS 2088 Express Edition if you don't need PGO or AMD64 builds. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
