Re: Re: problems building strings

>> You don't build it that way.  Just use
>>   python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32
> 
> I did it that way first, same error.
> (undefined reference to `_imp__PyString_Type')

That is because you don't have the import libraries.  Go into
the native/usb directory and run build.bat.  It first builds
the import libraries for Python 2.3 and then tries to build
the USB stuff.  Don't worry about the USb stuff not building
(it is almost totally worthless on Windws anyway).

> I know with Perl it's very difficult to build compiled modules on 
> windows without an old Microsoft compiler.  I'm glad python works better.

The issue isn't the compiler as such, but which C/runtime library 
it links to.  The Windows dynamic linking mechanism is different
than other platforms.  Additionally all the compilers and linkers
use a different format for how libraries and how those libraries
specify symbols that are in DLLs.  Getting all that right isn't
a big deal (MinGW does it), but the actual documentation is
scattered all over the place.

Roger


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