Debug python for Windows?

[Tim Peters]

[Sean Slattery]
> Neither ActiveState nor the .exe provided at www.python.org have debug
> versions of python. Also, the build instructions provided with
> the .tgz for windows (PCbuild/readme.txt) are pretty skant and contain
> no clues as to how one should go about getting a complete debug python
> installation.

They're not meant to be an introduction to MSVC -- you get a debug build of
Python the same way you get a debug build of anything else under MSVC (i.e.,
by selectiing a debug target).

> Does anyone have either a binary, or better instructions for compiling a
> complete debug python under windows?

Easiset is to select Build -> Batch Build, check all the boxes you can
tolerate, then click Build All.  That will create both release and debug
builds.  Note that some subprojects can't be built unless you obtain and
install other software first (like bsddb and Tcl/Tk); the instructions for
that in readme.txt are very detailed).