[python-win32] Embedding/bundling Python, best practices?

[Mike Driscoll]

Arve,

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> From: "Arve Knudsen" <arve.knudsen at gmail.com>
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> Hello,
> 
> We're planning to embed Python in our application, which 
> mainly runs on Windows. To avoid dependencies, we want to 
> bundle Python. Do any of you know of any resources on the Web 
> describing best practices for bundling Python with an 
> application, particularly on Windows? I have googled a bit, 
> but most advice I found was to extend Python instead of 
> embedding it, which wasn't very helpful :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Arve Knudsen
> 

I've never done this before, but I have read about it a bit. The official
Python docs talk about it (see below):

http://www.python.org/doc/ext/embedding.html

And this article talks about it briefly:
http://www.developer.com/lang/other/article.php/2217941

Finally, I found an article that explains the difference between extending
and embedding: 

http://twistedmatrix.com/users/glyph/rant/extendit.html

Why do you want to embed it? If you're just distributing an application,
you don't need to do embedding. You can just use py2exe.

Mike Driscoll
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