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diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst index a1dec3a..47c09ad 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst @@ -286,20 +286,18 @@ Embedding the Python interpreter in a Windows app can be summarized as follows: 1. Do _not_ build Python into your .exe file directly. On Windows, Python must be a DLL to handle importing modules that are themselves DLL's. (This is the - first key undocumented fact.) Instead, link to :file:`python{NN}.dll`; it is - typically installed in ``C:\Windows\System``. NN is the Python version, a + first key undocumented fact.) Instead, link to :file:`python{NN}.dll`; it is + typically installed in ``C:\Windows\System``. *NN* is the Python version, a number such as "23" for Python 2.3. - You can link to Python statically or dynamically. Linking statically means - linking against :file:`python{NN}.lib`, while dynamically linking means - linking against :file:`python{NN}.dll`. The drawback to dynamic linking is - that your app won't run if :file:`python{NN}.dll` does not exist on your - system. (General note: :file:`python{NN}.lib` is the so-called "import lib" - corresponding to :file:`python.dll`. It merely defines symbols for the - linker.) + You can link to Python in two different ways. Load-time linking means + linking against :file:`python{NN}.lib`, while run-time linking means linking + against :file:`python{NN}.dll`. (General note: :file:`python{NN}.lib` is the + so-called "import lib" corresponding to :file:`python{NN}.dll`. It merely + defines symbols for the linker.) - Linking dynamically greatly simplifies link options; everything happens at - run time. Your code must load :file:`python{NN}.dll` using the Windows + Run-time linking greatly simplifies link options; everything happens at run + time. Your code must load :file:`python{NN}.dll` using the Windows ``LoadLibraryEx()`` routine. The code must also use access routines and data in :file:`python{NN}.dll` (that is, Python's C API's) using pointers obtained by the Windows ``GetProcAddress()`` routine. Macros can make using these @@ -308,6 +306,8 @@ Embedding the Python interpreter in a Windows app can be summarized as follows: Borland note: convert :file:`python{NN}.lib` to OMF format using Coff2Omf.exe first. + .. XXX what about static linking? + 2. If you use SWIG, it is easy to create a Python "extension module" that will make the app's data and methods available to Python. SWIG will handle just about all the grungy details for you. The result is C code that you link |