How to receive a FILE* from Python under MinGW?

[John Pye]

On Mar 21, 4:49 pm, "Carl Douglas" <carl.doug... at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1) Rebuild Python with a different compiler/linker kit so it links to
> the same CRT as my project, in your case find a mingw built Python.dll
>
> 2) Rebuild [with MSVC]

OK, so let's say that I must support EXISTING installations of Python
2.4 on computers I have no control over. And let's say that I detest
MSVC and want to push on with MinGW at all costs. What then?

I read something about being using '-lmsvcrt71' or '-lmsvcrt' with
GCC...?

JP