(Python newbie) Using XP-SP2/MSVC6: No Python24_d.lib, winzip barfs on Python-2.4.1.tar, cannot download bzip2

[Bill Davy]

Thank you Khalid,



OK.  (4) (compile using MSVC6) worked.



Now working through various issues to do with paths and naming (_d suffix to 
root for DEBUG, _ prefix to root for SWIG, and I had not spotted that SWIG 
makes Module.py that imports _Module.pyd but not _Module_d.pyd for DEBUG 
builds).



I'd like to persuade IDLE to use my locally compiled version of Python 
rather than the one I downloaded, and will find out how eventually. 
Necessary to keep to a VC6 build of 2.4.1 throughout.



Rgds,

    Bill (an inveterate top poster, I'm afraid).


"A.B., Khalid" <abkhd at earth.co.jp> wrote in message 
news:1113921056.163970.216730 at g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Okay, let me have another stap at this.
>
> As you have probably noticed MSVC6 is no longer actively supported as
> far as Python 2.4 goes. The official distribution of Python 2.4 for
> Windows is built using MSVC7.1 (or whatever you wish to call it).
>
> We are told that building C extensions with MSVC6 for use in the
> official Python 2.4 (which uses the MSVCR71) is not safe, and mixing
> the different runtime libraries that your extension (or my extension)
> with that which official Python 2.4 uses will/might cause crashes.
> Google around for details on this.
>
> So, what to do? You seem to have four options.
>
> 1. Get and use the MSVC7.1 compiler.
> 2. Get and use the freely distributed MS compiler.
> 3. Download the Python source[1] and compile it yourself in MSVC6
> (there are project files in the source to enable you to do that). Then
> use your MSVC6 to create the extension.
> 4. Get and use MinGW and pyMinGW[2]
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Khalid
>
>
>
>
> [1] Check to see if your archiever tool is working, or get the source
> from CVS.
>
> [2] pyMinGW:
> http://jove.prohosting.com/iwave/ipython/pyMinGW.html
>