New submission from Henri Hein <he...@granitetower.net>: Suggestion: Link the CRT statically into Python26.dll/PythonNN.dll and compiled .PYD files, at least when using the Microsoft compiler.
There has been a number of bugs related to the msvcrt.dll, msvcr90.dll, etc. Many of these would go away if the CRT was statically linked into PythonNN.dll. The advantages of dynamically linking the CRT are not clear. The binaries are decreased a bit in size, but this is countered by having to redistribute the CRT DLL. Switching to static linking is a little more work than just flipping a switch, as you have to compensate for some of the initialization work the DLL does, but it is both doable and worth doing. ---------- assignee: tarek components: Distutils, Windows messages: 92663 nosy: hankdane, tarek severity: normal status: open title: Link CRT Statically versions: Python 2.4, Python 2.5, Python 2.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6919> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
