python24 symbol file...pyhon24.pdb

[over at thepond.com]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:54:19 +0100, Christian Heimes
<lists at cheimes.de> wrote:

>over at thepond.com wrote:
>> I've seen a few references on the net to a python24.pdb file. I assume
>> it's a symbol file along the lines of the pdb files issued by
>> microsoft for their products. Maybe I'm wrong.
>
>.pdb files (program database) are created by MS' compiler, see
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_database. Python doesn't ship the
>files. You have to compile Python yourself to get the pdb files.
>
>Christian

thanks