py to exe: suggestions?

Ben Finney bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au
Sun Aug 28 05:51:07 EDT 2005


chris patton <chrispatton at gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to convert a python file to an '.exe'.

A Python program is executable only in the context of a Python
interpreter. Python is a dynamic language; it can't be compiled to
native machine code.

> I've tried py2exe, and I don't like it because you have to include
> that huge dll and libraries.

That's the Python interpreter environment, and the standard Python
library that is made available in the Python environment. Without
them, your program isn't executable.

What were you hoping for?

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