[Python-checkins] cpython (3.3): Issue #20266: Update parts of the Windows FAQ

[zach.ware]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c9706c13a005
changeset:   88517:c9706c13a005
branch:      3.3
parent:      88506:085a0ea2015f
user:        Zachary Ware <zachary.ware at gmail.com>
date:        Fri Jan 17 08:59:44 2014 -0600
summary:
  Issue #20266: Update parts of the Windows FAQ

files:
  Doc/faq/windows.rst |  12 +++++++-----
  Misc/NEWS           |   4 +++-
  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/faq/windows.rst b/Doc/faq/windows.rst
--- a/Doc/faq/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/windows.rst
@@ -170,18 +170,20 @@
 How do I make an executable from a Python script?
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-See http://www.py2exe.org/ for a distutils extension that allows you
+See http://cx-freeze.sourceforge.net/ for a distutils extension that allows you
 to create console and GUI executables from Python code.
+`py2exe <http://www.py2exe.org/>`_, the most popular extension for building
+Python 2.x-based executables, does not yet support Python 3 but a version that
+does is in development.
+
 
 Is a ``*.pyd`` file the same as a DLL?
 --------------------------------------
 
-.. XXX update for py3k (PyInit_foo)
-
 Yes, .pyd files are dll's, but there are a few differences.  If you have a DLL
-named ``foo.pyd``, then it must have a function ``initfoo()``.  You can then
+named ``foo.pyd``, then it must have a function ``PyInit_foo()``.  You can then
 write Python "import foo", and Python will search for foo.pyd (as well as
-foo.py, foo.pyc) and if it finds it, will attempt to call ``initfoo()`` to
+foo.py, foo.pyc) and if it finds it, will attempt to call ``PyInit_foo()`` to
 initialize it.  You do not link your .exe with foo.lib, as that would cause
 Windows to require the DLL to be present.
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@
 Documentation
 -------------
 
-- Issue #20255: Update the about and bugs pages.
+- Issue #20266: Updated some parts of the Windows FAQ.
+
+- Issue #20255: Updated the about and bugs pages.
 
 - Issue #20253: Fixed a typo in the ipaddress docs that advertised an
   illegal attribute name.  Found by INADA Naoki.

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython