Are *.pyd's universal?
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand
Fri Oct 30 00:10:28 EDT 2009
In message <mailman.2297.1256863331.2807.python-list at python.org>, Christian
Heimes wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro schrieb:
>
>> In message <mailman.2268.1256841007.2807.python-list at python.org>,
>> Christian Heimes wrote:
>>
>>> On Linux and several other Unices the suffix is .so and not .pyd.
>>
>> Why is that? Or conversely, why isn't it .dll under Windows?
>
> On Windows it used to be .dll, too.
> The suffix was changed to avoid issues with other dlls and name clashes.
What clashes? How come other OSes don't seem prone to the same problems?
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