- E02 - Support for MinGW Open Source Compiler

[Pat]

Stephen Kellet said:

<quote>
Pat, could you include some context in your replies? I have no idea if
you are replying to my comments about Visual Studio Express or someone
else? The only text I see in your replies is what you write, no text
from the posting you are replying to. As it is I've ignored all your
replies so far as I'm not sure I'm the person you are addressing (until
I saw the above, now I'm confused).
</quote>

Sorry about that.  I'm replying using Google Groups and making a total
mess of things.  :-(

David Fraser asked if I had tried to compile a Python extension for
Python 2.4 using minGW.  I said that I had not (but I have for Python
2.3.5).  Here is the rest of my reply, for future reference:

We ran into some issues with Python 2.4 that caused us
to return to Python 2.3.5.  But I would really like to upgrade to
Python 2.4.  So I started researching the subject before I did
anything.

If you are telling me that minGW can compile extensions that are
compatible with the Python 2.4 that uses msvcr71.dll, then that is good
news indeed.  Is there anything that needs to be configured or patched
to make this happen?  And how does minGW know which dll to link?  What
if I have both versions of Python installed - 2.3.5 and 2.4?  Is there
an easy way to detect this and switch between the two dlls?

If I'm asking questions already answered elsewhere, I'd love a link to
that resource, if you have it.

Patrick K. O'Brien
Orbtech    http://www.orbtech.com
Schevo     http://www.schevo.org
Pypersyst  http://www.pypersyst.org