On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Guido van Rossum wrote:
... * Base address for all extension modules updated. PC\dllbase_nt.txt also updated. Erroneous "libpath" directory removed for all projects.
Rather than specifying the base address in each DSP, the Apache project has used a text file for this stuff. Here is the text file used: --snip-- -- Begin New BaseAddr.ref -- ; os/win32/BaseAddr.ref contains the central repository ; of all module base addresses ; to avoid relocation ; WARNING: Update this file by reviewing the image size ; of the debug-generated dll files; release images ; should fit in the larger debug-sized space. ; module name base-address max-size aprlib 0x6FFA0000 0x00060000 ApacheCore 0x6FF00000 0x000A0000 mod_auth_anon 0x6FEF0000 0x00010000 mod_cern_meta 0x6FEE0000 0x00010000 mod_auth_digest 0x6FED0000 0x00010000 mod_expires 0x6FEC0000 0x00010000 mod_headers 0x6FEB0000 0x00010000 mod_info 0x6FEA0000 0x00010000 mod_rewrite 0x6FE80000 0x00020000 mod_speling 0x6FE70000 0x00010000 mod_status 0x6FE60000 0x00010000 mod_usertrack 0x6FE50000 0x00010000 mod_proxy 0x6FE30000 0x00020000 --snip-- And here is what one of the link lines looks like: # ADD LINK32 ApacheCore.lib aprlib.lib kernel32.lib /nologo /base:@BaseAddr.ref,mod_usertrack /subsystem:windows /dll /map /debug /machine:I386 /libpath:"..\..\CoreD" /libpath:"..\..\lib\apr\Debug" This mechanism could be quite helpful for Python. The .ref file replaces the dllbase_nt.txt file, centralizes the management, and directly integrates with the tools. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/