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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-03-03 19:47:24 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2001-03-03 19:47:24 (GMT)
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@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ where \code{<plat>} expands to a brief description of the current
OS/hardware platform and Python version. The first form, with just a
\file{lib} directory, is used for ``pure module distributions''---that
is, module distributions that include only pure Python modules. If a
-module distribution contains any extensions (modules written in C/C++),
+module distribution contains any extensions (modules written in C/\Cpp),
then the second form, with two \code{<plat>} directories, is used. In
that case, the \file{temp.\filevar{plat}} directory holds temporary
files generated by the compile/link process that don't actually get
@@ -434,15 +434,14 @@ build. Things to talk about:
\subsubsection{Borland C++}
This subsection describes the necessary steps to use Distutils with the
-Borland C++ compiler version
-5.5.\footnote{Check
+Borland \Cpp{} compiler version 5.5.\footnote{Check
\url{http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/} for download}
%Should we mention that users have to create cfg-files for the compiler
%see also http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,21205,00.html
First you have to know that the Borland's object file format(OMF) is
different from what is used by the Python version you can download
-from the Python web site. (Python is built with Microsoft Visual C++,
+from the Python web site. (Python is built with Microsoft Visual \Cpp,
which uses COFF as object file format.) For this reason you have to
convert Python's library \file{python20.lib} into the Borland format.
You can do this as follows:
@@ -456,8 +455,8 @@ The \file{coff2omf} program comes with the Borland compiler. The file
installation. If your extension uses other libraries (zlib,...) you
have to convert them too.
-The converted files have to reside in the same directories as the normal
-libraries do.
+The converted files have to reside in the same directories as the
+normal libraries.
How does Distutils manage to use these libraries with their changed
names? If the extension needs a library (eg. \file{foo}) Distutils
@@ -467,7 +466,7 @@ doesn't find such a special library it uses the default name
(\file{foo.lib}.)\footnote{This also means you could replace all
existing COFF-libraries with OMF-libraries of the same name.}
-To let Distutils compile your extension with Borland C++ you now have
+To let Distutils compile your extension with Borland \Cpp{} you now have
to type:
\begin{verbatim}
@@ -484,22 +483,23 @@ file for Distutils (see section~\ref{config-files}.)
\subsubsection{GNU C / Cygwin / MinGW32}
This section describes the necessary steps to use Distutils with the
-GNU C/C++ compilers in their Cygwin and MinGW32
-distributions\footnote{Check
+GNU C/\Cpp{} compilers in their Cygwin and MinGW32
+distributions.\footnote{Check
\url{http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/} and
-\url{http://www.mingw.org} for more information}.
+\url{http://www.mingw.org} for more information}
\XXX{For a Python which was built with Cygwin, all should work without
any of these following steps.}
For these compilers we have to create some special libraries too.
-This task is more complex as for Borland's C++, because there is no
-program to convert the library (inclusive the references on data structures.)
+This task is more complex as for Borland's \Cpp, because there is no
+program to convert the library (inclusive the references on data
+structures.)
First you have to create a list of symbols which the Python DLL exports.
(You can find a good program for this task at
\url{http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/mingw32/Notes.html}, see at
-PExports 0.42h there.)
+PExports 0.42h there.)
\begin{verbatim}
pexports python20.dll >python20.def