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Building Python using VC++ 6.0 or 5.0
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This directory is used to build Python for Win32 platforms, e.g. Windows
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95, 98 and NT. It requires Microsoft Visual C++ 6.x or 5.x.
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(For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../PC/readme.txt.)
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XXX There are still (Python 2.0b1) a few compiler warnings under VC6.
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XXX There are likely a few more under VC5.
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Unlike older versions, there's no longer a need to copy the project files
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from a subdirectory of PC/ to the PCbuild directory -- they come in PCbuild.
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All you need to do is open the workspace "pcbuild.dsw" in MSVC++, select
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the Debug or Release setting (using Build -> Set Active Configuration...),
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and build the projects.
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The proper order to build subprojects is:
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1) python20 (this builds the main Python DLL and library files,
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python20.{dll, lib})
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2) python (this builds the main Python executable, python.exe)
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3) the other subprojects, as desired or needed (note: you probably don't
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want to build most of the other subprojects, unless you're building an
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entire Python distribution from scratch, or specifically making changes
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to the subsystems they implement; see SUBPROJECTS below)
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When using the Debug setting, the output files have a _d added to
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their name: python20_d.dll, python_d.exe, parser_d.pyd, and so on.
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SUBPROJECTS
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-----------
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These subprojects should build out of the box. Subprojects other than the
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main ones (python20, python, pythonw) generally build a DLL (renamed to
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.pyd) from a specific module so that users don't have to load the code
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supporting that module unless they import the module.
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python20
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.dll and .lib
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python
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.exe
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pythonw
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pythonw.exe, a variant of python.exe that doesn't pop up a DOS box
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_socket
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socketmodule.c
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_sre
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Unicode-aware regular expression engine
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mmap
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mmapmodule.c
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parser
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the parser module
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select
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selectmodule.c
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unicodedata
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large tables of Unicode data
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winreg
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Windows registry API
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winsound
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play sounds (typically .wav files) under Windows
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The following subprojects will generally NOT build out of the box. They
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wrap code Python doesn't control, and you'll need to download the base
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packages first (study the subproject structure from within MSVC to see
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where each expects to find the unpacked packages):
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_tkinter
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Python wrapper for the Tk windowing system. Requires tcl831.exe from
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http://dev.scriptics.com/software/tcltk/downloadnow83.tml
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zlib
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Python wrapper for the zlib compression library. Requires
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http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/zlib133dll.zip
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and
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ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/src/zlib133.zip
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bsddb
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Python wrapper for the BSD database 1.85. Requires bsddbmodule.zip,
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from the bsddb link at
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http://www.nightmare.com/software.html
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pyexpat
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Python wrapper for accelerated XML parsing. Requires
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ftp://ftp.jclark.com/pub/xml/expat.zip
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NOTE ON CONFIGURATIONS
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Under Build -> Configuration ..., you'll find several Alpha configurations,
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such as "Win32 Alpha Release". These do not refer to alpha versions (as in
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alpha, beta, final), but to the DEC/COMPAQ Alpha processor. Ignore them if
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you're not building on an Alpha box.
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YOUR OWN EXTENSION DDLs
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-----------------------
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If you want to create your own extension module DLL, there's an example
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with easy-to-follow instructions in ../PC/example/; read the file
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readme.txt there first.
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