Embedding python into a windows application

[Nathan Field]

I'm having some trouble embedding python into an application, specifically
when I call PyRun_SimpleFile my program segv's. I've found references to
the multithreaded-dll vs. multithreaded stdlib issue with MSVC++, and this
is indeed the problem that I have. As an experiment I rebuilt my app with
/MD and it worked. Unfortunatly this isn't really an option for me for
several reasons see the end of the email).

What I'd like to do is rebuild python with the /MT option instead of /MD.
Unfortunatly this doesn't seem to work, and it continues to crash the same
way as before.

Here's how I tried to do a multithread build (rather than multithread
dll):
	Open MSVC++ v6.0 on Python-2.2.2/PCbuild/pcbuild.dsw
	Build->Set Active Configuration
	Select pythoncore - Release
	Project->Settings dialog
	C/C++ tab, select Code Generation from pulldown
	Select Multithreaded from "Use run-time library:" pulldown
	Hit ok in dialog
	Set active project to pythoncore
	Build->python22.lib

I then link my application against the resulting python22.lib file, and it
dies on the call to PyRun_SimpleFile. Does python work in /MT mode? Am I
doing something wrong when using MSVC++?

	nathan

The reasons I can't use /MD:
1. We link against a number of third party libraries that require /MT. I
can hack our build system to avoid linking them in, but eventually I'm
probably going to need them so that's not a solution.
2. We use our own compiler as well as MSVC++, and our own compiler hasn't
been tested/may not support a /MD build.
3. Our build system is very complicated and it would take several days to
rework it. I'd prefer to avoid that if possible.

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