Re: Python recompile

On 3/11/2025 4:02 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:

scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

[...]

OK, tell me where to get ready-made DLLs for GMP and LIBFFI that I can
can use on Windows.

>
Why do you think anybody owes you anything?   The developers of those
libraries, mostly working for free, make the source available for
for free.  They are required to make -your- life easy.
>
Here's a thought - why don't you write your own multiprecision
library and release it as open source?

[...]
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Or he could take a copy of GMP and modify it so it builds more easily on
Windows and release that.
>

 vcpkg builds GMP wrt MSVC. I think it uses other tools as well, Mingw, cygwin, ect. But, well, luckily it worked for me.
 https://vcpkg.io/en/
 GMP is a supported package at version: 6.3.0