[Numpy-discussion] Build doesn't pass tests

[Julian Taylor]

On 01/08/2015 07:31 PM, Nikolay Mayorov wrote:
> Hi all! 
> 
> I'm trying to build numpy on Windows 64 bit, Python 3.4.2 64 bit.  
> 
> I do environment setup by the following command:
> 
> CMD /K "SET MSSdk=1 && SET DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1 && "C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64"
> 
> Then I cd to the newly cloned numpy folder and do: python setup.py
> build_ext --inplace 
> 
> It looks like the build process finishes correctly. 
> 
> But then python -c "import numpy; numpy.test()" crashes the interpreter
> (some tests pass before the crash). I found out that it is caused by
> numpy.fromfile function call.
> 
> What might be the reason of that? Do I use wrong msvc compiler?
> 
> 

I think compiling python3 extensions requires VS 2010, python 2
extensions VS2008.
A crash in a fromfile test is what I would expect from using the wrong
compiler.