[Pyrex] Newbie Question

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 06:45 PM 4/15/04 +0100, Michael wrote:
>What's worse - I will need to learn the magic compiler chain incantations 
>that I have avoided for so long. This is complicated by the fact that I am 
>working on the win32 platform and need a free compiler. I've got the MinGW 
>package with gcc - which is probably the *best* free compiler - although I 
>understand there are issues with easily using it for pyrex/win32.
>
>Has anyone any experience of doing this ?

Yes.


>Can compiled extensions be distributed for use by people without MinGW 
>*and* without dependency on an extra dll as a result of using this method ?

Yes.  See:

http://randomthoughts.vandorp.ca/syncato/WK/blog/758_Simple_instructions_to_compile_python_C_extensions_in_windows.item


>Will my resulting binary be free of GPL restrictions ?

Yes.