[Distutils] Re: How to find out the default include path

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Thomas Heller wrote:
> "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>>
>>>Is there a way to find out the default include path
>>>used by a compiler ? Does distutils have an API for
>>>this ?
>>>I scanned the code but couldn't find any hint.
>>
>>
>>So far I found these defaults:
>>
>>Linux:
>>    libs:    /lib, /usr/lib
>>    headers: /usr/include
>>
>>Windows:
>>    libs:    $LIB
>>    headers: $INCLUDE
> 
> 
> Hm, what do you mean? 

I took the Windows environment vars from the the file vcvars32.bat
that comes with VC++

 > These are not always set on Windows, depending
> on how MSVC was installed.
> 
> You are aware of the function get_msvc_paths() in msvccompiler.py?

Not until now :-)

What about other Unixes and MacOS ?

Thanks,
-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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