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HowTo Use Cython on a Windows XP Box?

David Lees debl2NoSpam at verizon.net
Sat Sep 1 01:31:00 EDT 2007 
John Machin wrote:
> On Sep 1, 1:40 pm, Paul McGuire <pt... at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 31, 9:06 pm, David Lees <debl2NoS... at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> August 31, 2007
>>> I just downloaded the current Cython release and have no problem running
>>> the cpython.py translator on the demo code.  But when I try compiling, I
>>> get an error complaining that my version of Python (which is the current
>>> 2.5.1 downloaded from python.org) was compiled with Visual C++ 2003.  I
>>> only have Visual C++ 2005 on my machine and am unable to find a download
>>> of 2003 on the Microsoft site (no big surprise).  I have never built
>>> Python from source.  Is it necessary or can someone suggest an alternative?
>>> TIA
>>> david lees
>> Unless you are customizing Python (and you can accomplish a *lot*
>> without doing so), it is not necessary to build Python from source.
>> Download one of the pre-built Windows binaries and install it, or get
>> the Win Python distribution from ActiveState and install that.  Then
>> start writing your own Python demo scripts.
>>
> 
> Paul, AFAICT the OP is referring not to CPython, but to Cython, which
> is a Pyrex fork. See http://www.cython.org/
> 
> Building CPython from source is likely to be a red herring. The OP's
> question appears to be "How do I, on Windows, compile C code generated
> by Cython into a pyd that will play happily with the standard-issue
> python.exe and python25.dll?", and is probably best directed to one of
> the 3 forums mentioned on the above-referenced page.
> 
> HTH,
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
John,

Yes, you are correct in understanding my question.  I thought my post 
was clear, but I guess not.  I will go try the pyrex list.
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