>> Is there a way to make distutils do this for me with a simple command-
>> line switch?
>
> Yes - provide a patch :)
>
>> 2) Add the same compilation mode to Python itself, so that users can
>> easily compile a Python DLL which has debug symbols but with the release
>> ABI (since stepping int
Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> Yes, I know it changes the ABI, and I know it must say as it is. I
> believe that Py_DEBUG is mostly useful to core developers and not much to
> extension developer or regular Python developers, but it's immaterial in
> this discussion.
Py_DEBUG builds are useful to exten
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:19:30 +0100, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>> Thus, I'm hereby proposing that we change this in Py3k so that Python's
>> debug mode does not mandate any ABI change anymore.
>
> It seems people still debate what it is that you *actually* want.
Yes, sorry for the confusion.
> Th
> Thus, I'm hereby proposing that we change this in Py3k so that Python's
> debug mode does not mandate any ABI change anymore.
It seems people still debate what it is that you *actually* want. This
sentence suggests Christian's interpretation, i.e. you might be unaware
that the debug mode not on
Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> Actually, I think Giovanni simply wants to be able to build extension
> modules with debugging information, *without* needing to use a Py_DEBUG build.
>
> That is, this is about using debug extensions with a release Python,
> not the other way 'round. And if I understand
At 03:23 PM 2/17/2008 +0100, Christian Heimes wrote:
>Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> > Python's debug mode under Windows mandates an ABI change: the debug
> > version of dynamic libraries (_d) are linked against the CRT debug
> > runtime, which is not ABI-compatible to the release runtime. So you
> > eithe
Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> Python's debug mode under Windows mandates an ABI change: the debug
> version of dynamic libraries (_d) are linked against the CRT debug
> runtime, which is not ABI-compatible to the release runtime. So you
> either have the _d version of all the extensions you need or you
Hi,
an issue related to the CRT removal/reduced usage under Windows is that
of debug mode, which I stand that it is mostly useless as it is currently
implemented.
Python's debug mode under Windows mandates an ABI change: the debug
version of dynamic libraries (_d) are linked against the CRT de
