James Carroll wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I would recommend buying Visual Studio. It's what python 2.4 is built > with, and it makes compiling extensions nice and easy. > > My favorite examples of extending python include: > > - screengrabber extension for the python imaging library > http://effbot.org/downloads/ > ... > - My second favorote example is on the wxPython Wiki, it shows how to > extend wxPython with commercial VC++ > > http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/C%2B%2BExtensions > > I wrote the pages for VisualStudioExtenions and SconsExtensions, so > let me know if you need them to be more helpful. I wrote them > hastily, but I think I got the important parts right. > > -Jim > I still need to look at these. I'll let you know if I need help understanding them. Thanks!
>> > The other option is to install Mingw (from www.mingw.org), and build >> > using setup.py build --compiler=mingw32. This works fine, unless your >> > extension code uses MSVC specific extensions. ... >> > Paul. Hi Jim and Paul, Thanks for your responses. I went ahead and tried MinGW. I was able to build and use screengrabber and other examples. I also used it as an example and created successfully a very simple "hello python" extension. What am I or will I be losing by using MinGW instead of Visual Studio? I've noted the warnings suggesting using the compiler that built python, but I haven't understood the reasons so far. Chris _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
