[IPython-dev] Packaging also the debug version ipython_d.exe for MS-Windows

[Thomas Kluyver]

Hi,

I don't think we can easily make such a shortcut, but if you have a debug
build of Python, you can launch IPython in it by running:

debug-python -m IPython

On 17 October 2016 at 09:28, Chuanren Wu <me at crwu.de> wrote:

> Dear developers,
>
> is it possible also to package a ipython_d.exe for the debug-version of
> (officially packaged) python under windows?  Since MSVC has different CRTs
> for debug and released objs, it is not good (perhaps not possible) to mix
> them.
> I am relatively new to python, mainly for the reason that I want to
> provide a binding to my C++ numerical library. With a debug version of
> ipython_d alongside with the release version is very convenient to debug
> the binding. Btw, the default numpy packaging for windows has a debug
> version as well, I did not investigate on how do they achieved that but I
> think this would not be difficult for ipython.
>
> I even don't know whether this request is suitable for a Github ticket,
> therefore I'd rather send you a email to ask.
>
> Best regards
> C. Wu
>
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