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4. 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.

• 4.1 A Cookbook Approach
• 4.2 Differences Between Unix and Windows
• 4.3 Using DLLs in Practice

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Release 2.1.3, documentation updated on April 8, 2002.