On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Sturla Molden <stu...@molden.no> wrote: > Den 12.12.2011 21:09, skrev Wes McKinney: > >> I'm interested in using the Cython OpenMP extensions in pandas for >> various calculations, but I'm concerned about cross-platform issues, >> especially distributing built binaries of the extensions to Windows >> users. Is there a clean way to bundle the relevant OpenMP DLLs in >> distutils? >> >> thanks, >> Wes >> > > Are you using MSVC or MinGW compiler? > > If you use MinGW, beware of licensing issues for the required pthreads > library (pthreadsGC2.dll, I think it's LGPL). It is not a part of MinGW or > GCC/GNU. So linking it statically can be a problem. > > As for the MSVC compiler, IIRC the OpenMP runtime is a part of the MSVC > runtime DLLs which the user must install anyway. > > > Sturla > > _______________________________________________ > cython-devel mailing list > cython-devel@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cython-devel
Using MSVC compiler. For regular binaries the user doesn't need to install anything. I guess I'll cross the bridge when I come to it. - Wes _______________________________________________ cython-devel mailing list cython-devel@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cython-devel
