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Thomas Heller schrieb (this was before Python 2.5 had been released): > > The _ctypes extension module does currently not even build on Win64. > > > > I'm (slowly) working on this (for AMD64, not for itanium), but it may > > take a good while before it is stable - It is not even fully implemented > > currently. > > > > The win64 msi installer installs the ctypes package anyway, but it cannot be > > imported. > > > > I suggest that it should be removed from the 2.5 win64 msi installers, so > > that > > at least, when it is ready, can be installed as separate package. Then, Martin changed the win64 msi installer to exclude the ctypes package when the _ctypes.pyd extension does not exist because it was not built. In the meantime I have integrated patches (in the trunk) so that _ctypes can be built for win64/AMD64, and does even work. Can these changes be merged into release25-maint? IMO this is low-risk because they contain only small changes to the files in Modules/_ctypes/libffi_msvc, plus *some* changes to support the Windows LP64 model. I would prefer to merge these changes into release25-maint, because I want to also release the standalone ctypes packages from this branch (using it with svn:externals from somewhere else). The official Python 2.5.x win64/AMD64 windows installers should still *not* contain the ctypes package, but they could install it separately. Thanks, Thomas _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
