Excellenm, thanks for clearing all that up. How about numpy with 2.6, any issues?
Hanni 2008/6/2 David Cournapeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hanni Ali wrote: > > > > Yes I had used the internal versions in the mean time, but I do want > > to try to use the intel fortran compiler in all likelyhood. > > Yes, people can try to build as they want, that's the beauty of open > source :) But for official distribution, I don't want to depend on non > free software (outside windows, obviously). I need a process to build > numpy in a reproducible and in a hassle way (well, as much as possible, > at least). > > > > > Python 2.6 is compiled with vs 2008 is is important that numpy is also > > compiled with the same compiler or not. The fact that a fortran > > compiler is necessary makes me think no? > > This has nothing to do with fortran per se, but with the fact that MS > keeps breaking the standard C runtime. Hopefully, with python 3, this > may not be an issue anymore (python on windows won't use the standard C > API, but windows API instead, because MS guarantees ABI in this case, at > least that's what I understood). > > The fortran compiler has to be the same to build everything, but python > does not use any fortran, so you can choose whatever you want as long as > you use it for everything (BLAS, LAPACK and numpy). > > > > > It looks like I'm going to look at 2.6 now due to dependencies on > > pywin32 as well. > > > > Also is it important that BLAS/LAPACK are compiled with the same > > compiler as python or not? > > BLAS/LAPACK is built with fortran, and python with C compiler, so no :) > What may be important is the C++ compiler to build (more exactly to > link) python if you build python by yourself, but I don't know how this > works on windows. I just build softwares for windows, I don't use it. > > cheers, > > David > _______________________________________________ > Numpy-discussion mailing list > Numpy-discussion@scipy.org > http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion >
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