[Numpy-discussion] Building on WinXP 64-bit, Intel Compilers

[David Cournapeau]

Michael Colonno wrote:
>    Thanks for your response. I manually edited one of the python files
> (ccompiler.py I think) to change icc.exe to icl.exe. (This is a trick
> I used to use to get F2PY to compile on Windows platforms.) Since icl
> is a drop-in replacement for the visual studio compiler / linker, I'd
> like to edit the python files configuring this (msvc) but I could not
> find anything(?) If you could point me towards the config files(s) for
> the visual studio compiler (I'm assuming are configured for the
> Windows file extensions already) I could likely make some headway.`

Unfortunately, the code for our building process is difficult to grasp -
there is a lof of magic. Everything is in numpy/distutils. Basically,
you need to create a new compiler, a bit like intelccompiler.py, but for
Windows. I unfortunately can't help you more ATM, since I don't know the
intel compiler on Windows.

cheers,

David