building extensions with gcc and python 2.2

[Chris Liechti]

Ken Seehof <kseehof at neuralintegrator.com> wrote in
news:mailman.1034532618.15527.python-list at python.org: 

> I'm developing a tool that involves dynamic compilation of python
> extensions. Since I do not want to require my windows users to buy
> MSVC, I can no longer use it build my extensions (i.e. the user needs
> to be able to recompile).
> 
> Therefore, I am experimenting with using gcc as my compiler.
> 
> Should I use Cygwin or Mingw?

use --compiler=mingw with both...

i use cygwin with the mingw option and it works perfectly, while i had some 
troubles with the cygwin mode. the advantage of mingw is that there are no 
dependencies with the cygwin.dll.

> I've found an ancient tome by Robert Kern suggesting Mingw:
> http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/mingw32/Notes.html
> It's very nice documentation, but unfortunately, it's for python 1.5.2
> and is dated Aug 09, 1999.  Is there any current documentation of that
> quality? 

all you need to know is in the standard docs. just use distutils like

python setup.py --compiler=mingw

thats all.
you have to build the import library the first time. it works fine with 
pexports and dlltool.

chris
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Chris <cliechti at gmx.net>