[python-win32] Building my own C extension

[Alexander Walters]

The 'thing that glues it together' IS the suggested compiler.  You need 
nothing else to compile ANSI C python extensions with no C 
dependencies.  for the most part, if the extension has a setup.py, it 
should Just Work with that and 2.7 (and ONLY that and 2.7) installed.  
If your project does not have a setup.py, that is something you will 
have to make (and we may be able to help you with that).

On 11/4/2015 18:22, Ken Brooks wrote:
>
> I have joined this list because I need to learn how to rebuild my 
> antiquated Python extension properly for Windows. I need to build for 
> Python 2.7, which is old and relies upon old compilers. I downloaded 
> the suggested compiler:
>
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/5/4/A54BADB6-9C3F-478D-8657-93B3FC9FE62D/vcsetup.exe
>
> I downloaded the thing that is supposed to correctly glue it to Python:
>
> https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/9/6/796EF2E4-801B-4FC4-AB28-B59FBF6D907B/VCForPython27.msi
>
> But I can't see where to go from there.
>
> In my old world I never actually learned how to use distutils or 
> setuptools; I was just building my extension with my VC and then 
> shoving it into site-packages. As I read the documentation for 
> distutils and setuptools, I am SO LOST! I see much about how to 
> install someone else's package, but little about how to create and 
> script my own package for building a Python extension written in C. 
> Please, can someone point me to a good sample extension package that I 
> can copy from?  A "hello world" or something?
>
> Apart from that, can someone please point me to the documentation for 
> the current "right" way of building things, as an extension developer?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
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