Building a python extension on Windows

[Jeff Archer]

Ken,
I have been successful with building Python on Windows by
downloading Python-3.5.0.tgz.  Expand it and follow the instructions in
Python-3.5.0\PCBuild\readme.txt.  Basically, run get_externals.bat, then
use build.bat.  I have not however been successful building with VS2015
IDE.  Can't remember the specific issues off-hand but since I was
successful using the batch files, I didn't worry about it.
With this build of Python I have gotten rudimentary extensions working with
Boost.Python and straight C code.  Had to build Boost against this build of
Python to make that work.

jeff

*From: *Ken Brooks
> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 27, 2015 5:09
> *To: *python-list at python.org
> *Cc: *Ken Brooks
> *Subject: *Building a python extension on Windows
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> I checked out a copy of svn.python.org/projects/stackless/trunk because
> it seems to have a good sample project (PC/example_nt) for building a
> Python extension on Windows. That directory has a Microsoft Visual C++
> solution file which can be updated to my Visual C++ version (8, of 2005).
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> First I tried cd-ing to that directory, as they recommend, and saying
> "python setup.py install". The result? A very common complaint, "Unable to
> find vcvarsall.bat". A search using Windows would suggest that that file
> doesn't exist anywhere on my system.
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> So I followed the VC++ build instructions, and copied the example_nt
> directory up one level in the tree before building it. But when I actually
> try to build the solution it wants to look in the PCBuild directory for
> python27.lib, which isn't there. Nor can I find that library anywhere else.
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> What gives? Is this project somehow hopelessly out of date? And more to
> the point, can someone direct me to a nice, fresh example project that will
> build a little Python extension on Windows?
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> Thanks,
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> Ken
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