Are *.pyd's universal?
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand
Sat Oct 31 04:32:47 EDT 2009
In message <6e603d9c-2be0-449c-9c3c-
bab49e09e8fc at 13g2000prl.googlegroups.com>, Carl Banks wrote:
> It's not Python that's the issue. The issue is that if you have a
> module with a .dll extension, other programs could accidentally try to
> load that module instead of the intended dll, if the module is in the
> current directory or system path. Modules will sometimes find
> themselves on the path in Windows, so the fact that Windows performs a
> library search on the path is quite significant.
Why is it only Windows is prone to this problem?
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