[Numpy-discussion] 64-bit windows numpy / scipy wheels for testing

[Sturla Molden]

Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2) Static linking - Carl's toolchain does full static linking
> including C runtimes

The C runtime cannot be statically linked. It would mean that we get
multiple copies of errno and multiple malloc heaps in the process – one of
each static CRT. We must use the same C runtime DLL as Python. But loading
it is not a problem because Python has done that before NumPy is imported.

Sturla