Creating a DLL from a wrapped cpp file with SWIG

Question

I am in the process of learning how to use SWIG on Windows.

The following is my c++ code:

 /* File : example.cxx */

 #include \"example.h\"
 #defin         


        

Answer 1

The problem seems to be that, for unknown reasons, the file pyconfig.h FORCES the use of a specifically named .lib file. OUCH! Frankly, this looks like a bug to me - let the programmer specify what .lib file to use! Don't force it!

In the code below, you could simply #ifdef 0 the entire thing, or rename "python27_d" to "python".

Anyway, here is the offensive code from pyconfig.h:

/* For an MSVC DLL, we can nominate the .lib files used by extensions
*/
#ifdef MS_COREDLL
#   ifndef Py_BUILD_CORE /* not building the core - must be an ext */
#       if defined(_MSC_VER)            /* So MSVC users need not specify the .lib file in          their Makefile (other compilers are generally           taken care of by distutils.) */
#           ifdef _DEBUG
#               pragma comment(lib,"python27_d.lib")
#           else
#               pragma comment(lib,"python27.lib")
#           endif /* _DEBUG */
#       endif /* _MSC_VER */
#   endif /* Py_BUILD_CORE */
#endif /* MS_COREDLL */