import dll instead of pyd

[Nick Dumas]

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Is this DLL in the same directory as your script? If not, is it part of
your pythonpath? If neither are true, then you won't be able to import
it, regardless of whether it's a good file or not.

jrh wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> From previous posts and documentation it seems python should be able
> to import a module that is compiled into a .dll just as well as
> a .pyd. I have a pyd that works fine, but after renaming it to dll the
> import fails. Running python with -vv flag indicates it doesn't
> actually look for the dll (see below). Has dll import been defeatured
> in python?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>>>> import _mydllpythonmodule
> # trying _mydllpythonmodule.pyd
> # trying _mydllpythonmodule.py
> # trying _mydllpythonmodule.pyw
> # trying _mydllpythonmodule.pyc
> # trying C:\Python25\DLLs\_mydllpythonmodule.pyd
> # trying C:\Python25\DLLs\_mydllpythonmodule.py
> # trying C:\Python25\DLLs\_mydllpythonmodule.pyw
> # trying C:\Python25\DLLs\_mydllpythonmodule.pyc
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\_mydllpythonmodule.pyd
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\_mydllpythonmodule.py
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\_mydllpythonmodule.pyw
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\_mydllpythonmodule.pyc
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\lib-tk\_mydllpythonmodule.pyd
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\lib-tk\_mydllpythonmodule.py
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\lib-tk\_mydllpythonmodule.pyw
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\lib-tk\_mydllpythonmodule.pyc
> # trying C:\Python25\_mydllpythonmodule.pyd
> # trying C:\Python25\_mydllpythonmodule.py
> # trying C:\Python25\_mydllpythonmodule.pyw
> # trying C:\Python25\_mydllpythonmodule.pyc
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\_mydllpythonmodule.pyd
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\_mydllpythonmodule.py
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\_mydllpythonmodule.pyw
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\_mydllpythonmodule.pyc
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32\_mydllpythonmodule.pyd
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32\_mydllpythonmodule.py
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32\_mydllpythonmodule.pyw
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32\_mydllpythonmodule.pyc
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32\lib
> \_mydllpythonmodule.pyd
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32\lib\_mydllpythonmodule.py
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32\lib
> \_mydllpythonmodule.pyw
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32\lib
> \_mydllpythonmodule.pyc
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin
> \_mydllpythonmodule.pyd
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin\_mydllpythonmodule.py
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin
> \_mydllpythonmodule.pyw
> # trying C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin
> \_mydllpythonmodule.pyc
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> ImportError: No module named _mydllpythonmodule
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