Q: Static extension of Python using SWIG

Helmut Zeisel

I want to build a static extension of Python using SWIG and VC++ 6.0 as
described in http://www.swig.org/Doc1.3/Python.html#n8 for gcc.

My file is testerl.i:

=============== ==========
%module testerl

extern int hz(int i);

%include embed.i
=============== ===========

I essentially use the same settings as described in
http://www.swig.org/Doc1.3/Python.html#n12 for dynamic extensions,
in particular I link python23.lib. (SWIG is 1.3.21, Python is 2.3.4).
Additionally I define the preprocessor macro STATIC_LINKED and the
preprocessor inclide path Python-2.3.4\PC (for config.c). I tried to
call swig with and without option c++.

Creating DLL works, but when linking for a statically linked version I
get the warnings and error messages added below - any idea what is missing?

Did anyone succeed in building a statically extend python using VC?
Which version?

Helmut

Linker error messages:
=============== =======
testerl_wrap.cx x
D:\DATA\zeisel\ vc\python\stati c\testerl\teste rl_wrap.cxx(793 ) : warning
C4273: 'Py_Main' : inconsistent dll linkage. dllexport assumed.
D:\DATA\zeisel\ vc\python\stati c\testerl\teste rl_wrap.cxx(799 ) : warning
C4273: 'PyImport_Initt ab' : inconsistent dll linkage. dllexport assumed.
Linking...
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initimp
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PyMarshal_Init
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initzipimport
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initxxsubtype
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _inititertools
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _init_random
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _init_hotshot
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _init_weakref
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initxreadlines
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _init_codecs
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _init_locale
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initpcre
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initcPickle
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initcStringIO
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initthread
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _inittime
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initstruct
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initstrop
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initsha
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initsignal
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initrotor
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initrgbimg
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initregex
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initoperator
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initnt
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initmd5
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initmath
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initimageop
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initgc
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initerrno
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initcmath
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initbinascii
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initaudioop
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _initarray
testerl_wrap.ob j : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_PyImport_Initt ab
Release/testerl.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 35 unresolved externals
Error executing link.exe.

testerl.exe - 36 error(s), 2 warning(s)

Jul 18 '05 #1

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