sys.exec_prefix doesn't seem to reflect --exec-prefix path

Hi, on my linux box there is a python version 2.7.5 installed in /usr/local. Now I want to install the newer version 2.7.9, but in a different directory to avoid clashes with the current installation. What I did was: ./configure --prefix /usr/local/Python-2.7.9 --exec-prefix /usr/local/Python

Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite?

> > See "Compiling 64-bit extension modules on Windows" at > . It applies to > non-Cython extensions as well. > > MinGW-w64 also works, but you'll have to generate and use libpythonXX.a and > libmsvcr90.a link libraries. > > Christoph Th

Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite?

Hi, when processing our mass spectrometry data we are running against the 2GB memory limit on our 32 bit machines. So we are planning to move to 64bit. Downloading and installing the 64bit version of Python for Windows is trivial, but how do we compile our own C extension? Visual C ++ 2008 express