[Python-Dev] Win64 AMD64 (aka x64) binaries available64

[Trent Mick]

[Martin v. Loewis wrote]
> If you want to build extensions for this build using distutils, you
> need to
> ...
> 2. open an AMD64 retail shell
> ...
> 
> It might be possible to drop 2) some day, but finding the SDK from
> the registry is really tricky.

Look for:
    def find_platform_sdk_dir()
here:
    http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pywin32/pywin32/setup.py?view=markup

That is the best code I know for doing that.

Trent

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