martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde think best lesson tcl uses stubs mechanism dont need depend tclxxdll dont deal really direct implementation details dont care runtimes everything much easier maybe possible late python somehow embrace mechanism would possible would fairly large project would remove lot things python header files would cause significant breakage existing extension modules hmm would mean currently build extensions mingw least heard never managed would require cross compiling windows would say youd update header files wasnt talking building compilers subject tcl stub mechanism applied python others noted mechanism doesnt help issue different crts help another issue though namely constant abi changes see every time abi changes extension modules recompiled scheme similar tcl stubs need could go away would particularly useful windows feature release comes new dll name mechanism place could python3dll rather python30dll python31dll implement system need get abi dependencies header files includes structure layouts particular might want keep struct _object sake increfdecref need specify remaining functions officially belongs abi freeze lifetime python 3 new functions added changing signature old functions must remain place tcl stubs achieved function vector iiuc hth martin _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 075839 0100 pythondev compiler used build python windows