can't load a dll in python 2.5

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:11:53 -0300, Steven Bethard  
<steven.bethard at gmail.com> escribió:

> dwmaillist at gmail.com wrote:

>> I am on WindowsXP.  I have a dll that I can load in python 2.3 but
>> when trying to load it into python 2.5 it complains that there is
>> nothing by that name.  Is there some aspect of the dll loading
>> mechanism between python 2.3 and 2.5 that has changed preventing me
>> from loading the dll in 2.5?  Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
>
> Don't know if this is your problem, but as of Python 2.5, ".dll is no
> longer supported as a filename extension for extension modules. .pyd is
> now the only filename extension that will be searched for". (That's the
> last line on http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/ports.html)

And remember that extensions must be recompiled for the specific Python  
version in use (up to the second digit). That is, if you have an extension  
for Python 2.3, it won't work for 2.5.

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Gabriel Genellina