[Python-Dev] Is __declspec(dllexport) really needed on Windows?

[Tim Peters]

[Tim]
> The best thing to do for Windows is ask that Windows users supply
> patches.

[Greg Ewing]
> It was using a patch supplied by a Windows user that got
> me into this mess. He said that the DL_EXPORT macro
> didn't work for him.

Sucker <wink>.

> But it sounds like using DL_EXPORT is the officially
> correct thing to do, so I'll do that.

Until Mark's patch, yes (see his post in this thread).