Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.lang.python > #22005

Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite?

Show all headers | View raw

On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:06:47 AM UTC-7, Ralph Heinkel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> when processing our mass spectrometry data we are running against the
> 2GB memory limit on our 32 bit machines. So we are planning to move to
> 64bit. Downloading and installing the 64bit version of Python for
> Windows is trivial, but how do we compile our own C extension? Visual C
> ++ 2008 express comes for free, but only compiles for 32 bit.
> 
> What has been used to compile the downloadable Python Win64 bit
> version? Visual Studio professional?
> The problem with the professional edition is that it is hard to obtain
> and it is sort of out-of-date - nowadays everyone uses Visual Studio
> 2010 (or even 2011 coming soon). So if Visual Studio 2008 professional
> is required for compiling 64bit modules, we would have to spend $1200
> for a license which is actually rather out of date.
> 
> Any hints or suggestions are very welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ralph

See "Compiling 64-bit extension modules on Windows" at <http://wiki.cython.org/64BitCythonExtensionsOnWindows>. It applies to non-Cython extensions as well.

MinGW-w64 also works, but you'll have to generate and use libpythonXX.a and libmsvcr90.a link libraries.

Christoph

Back to comp.lang.python | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Ralph Heinkel <ralph.heinkel@web.de> - 2012-03-21 08:06 -0700
  Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-21 13:56 -0400
  Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-03-21 15:02 -0400
  Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Thomas Bach <thbach@students.uni-mainz.de> - 2012-03-21 20:03 +0100
  Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? cjgohlke@gmail.com - 2012-03-21 17:06 -0700
    Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Ralph Heinkel <ralph.heinkel@web.de> - 2012-03-22 11:34 -0700
  Re: Compiling Python (modules) on 64bit Windows - which compiler suite? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-03-22 08:06 +0100

csiph-web