[New-bugs-announce] [issue24429] msvcrt error when embedded

[erik flister]

New submission from erik flister:

normally, CDLL(find_library('c')) is fine.  but when running embedded in a context that uses a different runtime version, this will cause an error (example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30771380/how-use-ctypes-with-msvc-dll-from-within-matlab-on-windows/).

using ctypes.cdll.msvcrt apparently finds the correct runtime.  i was surprised by this, i thought this was supposed to be identical to find_library('c').

in any case, some libraries (uuid.py) use the one that breaks.  can you either switch everything to ctypes.cdll.msvcrt, or have find_library('c') change to be identical to it?

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components: Library (Lib), Windows, ctypes
messages: 245162
nosy: erik flister, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: msvcrt error when embedded
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7

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