Compiling extensions on Python 2.7, Windows 10 64 bit

[Andrea Gavana]

Hi,

On Friday, 29 April 2016, Igor Korot <ikorot01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Andrea,
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Andrea Gavana <andrea.gavana at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > On Friday, 29 April 2016, Igor Korot <ikorot01 at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Andrea,
> >>
> >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 3:45 PM,  <andrea.gavana at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> > Dear list,
> >> >
> >> >     I have been trying to compile wxPython Phoenix
> >> > (https://github.com/wxWidgets/Phoenix) from source on Windows 10 64
> bit,
> >> > Python 2.7 64 bit, using the very handy Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler
> for
> >> > Python 2.7 (
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266).
> >> >
> >> > I started with Python 2.7.8, then wiped out that installation and used
> >> > Python 2.7.11: cleaned the build directory, everything, and rebuilt
> the
> >> > Phoenix modules from scratch.
> >> >
> >> > Upon starting the Phoenix demo, I got the same error message I had
> with
> >> > Python 2.7.8:
> >> >
> >> > D:\MyProjects\Phoenix\demo>python Main.py
> >> > <type 'str'>
> >> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >> >   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\wxPhoenix\wx\core.py", line
> 1955,
> >> > in Notify
> >> >     self.notify()
> >> >   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\wxPhoenix\wx\core.py", line
> 3034,
> >> > in Notify
> >> >     self.result = self.callable(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
> >> >   File "Main.py", line 2601, in ShowMain
> >> >     frame = wxPythonDemo(None, "wxPython: (A Demonstration)")
> >> >   File "Main.py", line 1531, in __init__
> >> >     self.SetOverview(self.overviewText, mainOverview)
> >> >   File "Main.py", line 2130, in SetOverview
> >> >     self.nb.SetPageText(0, os.path.split(name)[1])
> >> > SystemError: ..\Objects\longobject.c:998: bad argument to internal
> >> > function
> >> >
> >> > The error message refers (apparently) to this Python bug:
> >> >
> >> > https://bugs.python.org/issue23842
> >> >
> >> > But I assumed that it had been fixed waaaaay before 2.7.11. Now I am
> >> > stuck and I have no idea on what to try next.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have suggestions/comments on where I should look for/what
> I
> >> > should do/what I should change in order to get the extension running
> on
> >> > Python 2.7?
> >> >
> >> > Thank you in advance for your suggestions :-)
> >>
> >> Did you try with python 3.x?
> >>
> >> IIUC, Phoenix should be made for python 3.x, and classic is for 2.7
> >> series.
> >>
> >
> >
> > No, Phoenix is meant to work on Python 2 and 3 at the same time. That's
> the
> > very reason it was created.
>
> But is it compiling with python 3.x?
> Because the bug should be definitely fixed there.
>


This is not relevant to the question I have asked. I will be using it with
Python 3 as well, but I would like to know if anybody has a suggestion on
what I may be doing wrong on Python *2*, since I have many projects happily
running with that version of Python.

Andrea.




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