Kevin D. Smith wrote: > I've written a simple Python extension for UNIX, but I need to get it > working on Windows now. I'm having some difficulties figuring out how > to do this. I've seen web pages that say that MS Visual Studio is > required, and other that say that's not true, that MinGW will work. > Then there is Mike Fletcher's web page > (http://www.vrplumber.com/programming/mstoolkit/) that describes in > detail how to build extensions, but most of the links to external > software are no longer valid. I think it's safe to say that I am > completely lost, as there appears to be no authoritative, up-to-date > description on how to make this work. > > -- > Kevin D. Smith
I don't know about MinGW, but you can get the Microsoft compilers by installing Visual C++ 2005 Express. I'm guessing the old toolkit is deprecated. While you must register each Visual Studio Express module that you download, I don't think the actual command-line tools are encumbered. Why not try it out and let us know how it goes? (Visual Studio 2005 Express: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/) --Jason -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
