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Re: [Python-Dev] Status of C compilers for Python on Windows

From: R. David Murray <rdmu...@bitdance.com>
Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:59:23 -0400
On Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:33:06 -0400, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 10/29/2014 4:05 PM, Paul Moore wrote:> > On 29 October 2014 15:31, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote:> >>> You can use Express editions of Visual Studio.> >>> >> IIUC, the express edition compilers are 32-bit only, and what you actually> >> want are the "SDK compilers":> >> https://github.com/cython/cython/wiki/64BitCythonExtensionsOnWindows> >>> >> These are freely downloadable by anyone, no msdn subscription required, but> >> only if you know where to find them!> >>> >> AFAICT the main obstacle to using MSVC to build python extensions (assuming> >> it can handle your code at all) is not anything technical, but rather that> >> there's no clear and correct tutorial on how to do it, and lots of confusion> >> and misinformation circulating.> >> > Would it help if I wrote a document explaining how to set up the MS> > compilers (free and paid for) to allow building of Python extensions?> > > There are a few provisos:> >> > 1. A lot of it will be pretty trivial: "If you have Vistal Studio> > (full edition), install it. Done."> > 2. It will be out of date very fast as the situation for Python 3.5+> > will be trivial across the board.> > 3. I don't have anywhere particularly authoritative to host it (maybe> > the Python Wiki?) and it could easily get lost in the huge swamp of> > variously outdated, over-complicated, or otherwise alternative> > documents available. Ideally I'd like someone to suggest an "official"> > location I could use.> > There is already a section in the devguide for building Python itself, > with mostly the same info, except it may not be up to date.> > > I don't want to do this if it won't be useful, as it'll take me a bit> > of effort to confirm the process for the only non-trivial scenario> > (64-bit Python 3.3/3.4 with free tools). But if people think it would> > help, that's fine, I volunteer.> > The devguide needs to be kept up to date.  If you open a tracker issue, > put me as nosy to review and commit.

The devguide is about building python itself.  Paul is talking about
building extensions.  That should go in the packaging docs.  I don't
*think* Paul is volunteering to explain how to build python itself,
that's pretty much our job :)

--David
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