Re: PC/MSDOS building

Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl
Fri, 13 May 1994 00:43:00 +0200

> I've been trying to get a usable (and extendable) version of Python
> on my PC. Has anybody tried to build Python using the Pharlap DOS
> extender and Borland C++ 3.1?

Sorry, can't really help you there -- I plan to build 1.0.2 for DOS
and Windows but don't have GCC or DJHCC or Borland. I simply don't
have the time and we only have one PC in the building that I can use
and no-one else who knows about it (hardly). So your efforts are
greatly welcomed.

> Also, none of my PC builds can complete the Tests - is this normal?

I had the same problem. My suspicion is that test_grammar needs
several hunderds of kbytes to parse properly because it's a single
block containing many hundreds of statements. Split it up in a few
submodules and you might be more successful. (Or dou you get other
errors? Then tell me what they are.)

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