On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Mark Hammond <skippy.hamm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23/01/2009 7:01 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >>> >>> That doesn't really matter, I guess. An extension module build by your >>> port will either fail to load into the regular Python (if >>> libpython2.5.dll is not found), or load and then crash (because it uses >>> a different copy of the Python runtime). Likewise vice versa. >> >> >> excellent, excellent that's _really_ good - and here's why: >> >> if it is _guaranteed_ to crash, regardless of what i do (because the >> copy of the python runtime is different), then it _doesn't_ matter >> what version of msvcrt i link the mingw-built python runtime with, >> does it? > > I'm very confused about this: It seems you started this work precisely so > you can be compatible between MSVC built Python's and mingw builds
yeah that's where i _started_ - and after being on this for what nearly eight days straight i was hoping to get away with as little extra work as possible. > - ie, > this thread starts with you saying: > >> this is a fairly important issue for python development >> interoperability > > - but now you seem to be saying it is actually a *feature* if they don't > work together? *sigh* no, that was me getting confused >> and if _that's_ the case, i can stop fricking about with msvcr80 :) > > If all you are doing is trying to get a version of Python working under Wine > that isn't compatible with MSVC built binaries, I can't work out why you are > fricking around with msvcr80 either! ha ha :) existence of PCbuild8 is the main reason :) that and getting the wrong end of the stick. i'll get there eventually. _______________________________________________ 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