[Python-Dev] DLL in the system directory on Windows.

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Tue, 04 Apr 2000 19:14:22 -0400


> What we can do is have Python itself use LoadLibraryEx() to load the
> .pyd files.  This _will_ allow any dependant DLLs to be found in the
> same directory as the .pyd.  [And as I mentioned, if the whole world
> would use LoadLibraryEx(), our problem would go away]

Doh!  [Sound of forehead being slapped violently]

We already use LoadLibraryEx()!

So we can drop all the dependent dlls in the DLLs directory which has
the PYD files as well.  Case closed.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)