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+.. _building-on-windows:
+
+****************************************
+Building C and C++ Extensions on Windows
+****************************************
+
+This chapter briefly explains how to create a Windows extension module for
+Python using Microsoft Visual C++, and follows with more detailed background
+information on how it works.  The explanatory material is useful for both the
+Windows programmer learning to build Python extensions and the Unix programmer
+interested in producing software which can be successfully built on both Unix
+and Windows.
+
+Module authors are encouraged to use the distutils approach for building
+extension modules, instead of the one described in this section. You will still
+need the C compiler that was used to build Python; typically Microsoft Visual
+C++.
+
+.. note::
+
+   This chapter mentions a number of filenames that include an encoded Python
+   version number.  These filenames are represented with the version number shown
+   as ``XY``; in practice, ``'X'`` will be the major version number and ``'Y'``
+   will be the minor version number of the Python release you're working with.  For
+   example, if you are using Python 2.2.1, ``XY`` will actually be ``22``.
+
+
+.. _win-cookbook:
+
+A Cookbook Approach
+===================
+
+There are two approaches to building extension modules on Windows, just as there
+are on Unix: use the :mod:`distutils` package to control the build process, or
+do things manually.  The distutils approach works well for most extensions;
+documentation on using :mod:`distutils` to build and package extension modules
+is available in :ref:`distutils-index`.  If you find you really need to do
+things manually, it may be instructive to study the project file for the
+:source:`winsound <PCbuild/winsound.vcxproj>` standard library module.
+
+
+.. _dynamic-linking:
+
+Differences Between Unix and Windows
+====================================
+
+.. sectionauthor:: Chris Phoenix <cphoenix@best.com>
+
+
+Unix and Windows use completely different paradigms for run-time loading of
+code.  Before you try to build a module that can be dynamically loaded, be aware
+of how your system works.
+
+In Unix, a shared object (:file:`.so`) file contains code to be used by the
+program, and also the names of functions and data that it expects to find in the
+program.  When the file is joined to the program, all references to those
+functions and data in the file's code are changed to point to the actual
+locations in the program where the functions and data are placed in memory.
+This is basically a link operation.
+
+In Windows, a dynamic-link library (:file:`.dll`) file has no dangling
+references.  Instead, an access to functions or data goes through a lookup
+table.  So the DLL code does not have to be fixed up at runtime to refer to the
+program's memory; instead, the code already uses the DLL's lookup table, and the
+lookup table is modified at runtime to point to the functions and data.
+
+In Unix, there is only one type of library file (:file:`.a`) which contains code
+from several object files (:file:`.o`).  During the link step to create a shared
+object file (:file:`.so`), the linker may find that it doesn't know where an
+identifier is defined.  The linker will look for it in the object files in the
+libraries; if it finds it, it will include all the code from that object file.
+
+In Windows, there are two types of library, a static library and an import
+library (both called :file:`.lib`).  A static library is like a Unix :file:`.a`
+file; it contains code to be included as necessary. An import library is
+basically used only to reassure the linker that a certain identifier is legal,
+and will be present in the program when the DLL is loaded.  So the linker uses
+the information from the import library to build the lookup table for using
+identifiers that are not included in the DLL.  When an application or a DLL is
+linked, an import library may be generated, which will need to be used for all
+future DLLs that depend on the symbols in the application or DLL.
+
+Suppose you are building two dynamic-load modules, B and C, which should share
+another block of code A.  On Unix, you would *not* pass :file:`A.a` to the
+linker for :file:`B.so` and :file:`C.so`; that would cause it to be included
+twice, so that B and C would each have their own copy.  In Windows, building
+:file:`A.dll` will also build :file:`A.lib`.  You *do* pass :file:`A.lib` to the
+linker for B and C.  :file:`A.lib` does not contain code; it just contains
+information which will be used at runtime to access A's code.
+
+In Windows, using an import library is sort of like using ``import spam``; it
+gives you access to spam's names, but does not create a separate copy.  On Unix,
+linking with a library is more like ``from spam import *``; it does create a
+separate copy.
+
+
+.. _win-dlls:
+
+Using DLLs in Practice
+======================
+
+.. sectionauthor:: Chris Phoenix <cphoenix@best.com>
+
+
+Windows Python is built in Microsoft Visual C++; using other compilers may or
+may not work (though Borland seems to).  The rest of this section is MSVC++
+specific.
+
+When creating DLLs in Windows, you must pass :file:`pythonXY.lib` to the linker.
+To build two DLLs, spam and ni (which uses C functions found in spam), you could
+use these commands::
+
+   cl /LD /I/python/include spam.c ../libs/pythonXY.lib
+   cl /LD /I/python/include ni.c spam.lib ../libs/pythonXY.lib
+
+The first command created three files: :file:`spam.obj`, :file:`spam.dll` and
+:file:`spam.lib`.  :file:`Spam.dll` does not contain any Python functions (such
+as :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple`), but it does know how to find the Python code
+thanks to :file:`pythonXY.lib`.
+
+The second command created :file:`ni.dll` (and :file:`.obj` and :file:`.lib`),
+which knows how to find the necessary functions from spam, and also from the
+Python executable.
+
+Not every identifier is exported to the lookup table.  If you want any other
+modules (including Python) to be able to see your identifiers, you have to say
+``_declspec(dllexport)``, as in ``void _declspec(dllexport) initspam(void)`` or
+``PyObject _declspec(dllexport) *NiGetSpamData(void)``.
+
+Developer Studio will throw in a lot of import libraries that you do not really
+need, adding about 100K to your executable.  To get rid of them, use the Project
+Settings dialog, Link tab, to specify *ignore default libraries*.  Add the
+correct :file:`msvcrtxx.lib` to the list of libraries.
+