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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-08-23 15:48:14 +0000
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-08-23 15:48:14 +0000
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Added dllbase_nt.txt and python_nt.rc;
added notes to readme.txt about NumPy targets; added some symbols to python_nt.def.
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@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ python The Python main program, named python.exe. This should
_tkinter The optional _tkinter extension, _tkinter.dll; see below.
+NumPy, multiarray, fast_umath projects to build Numerical Python.
+
ALl end products of the compilation are placed in the subdirectory
vc40 (which Developer Studio creates); object files are placed in
vc40/tmp. There are no separate Release and Debug project variants.
@@ -101,6 +103,16 @@ placed those files in C:\tcl\bin. In order to use _tkinter, the
Tkinter.py module must be on PYTHONPATH. It is found in the
Lib\tkinter subdirectory.
+*** How to build Numerical Python ***
+
+This has been tested only with NumPy 1.0alpha2. Unpack the NumPy
+tarfile so that it creates a NumPy subdirectory in the Python
+distribution directory. You need to create exports files
+NumPy/multiarray.def and NumPy/fast_umath.def (see PC/_tkinter.def for
+an example). Then build the targets NumPy, multiarray and fast_umath,
+in that order. To use Numerical Python you have to append NumPy/Lib
+to sys.path.
+
Microsoft Visual C++ Version 1.5 (16-bit Windows)
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