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<h2>Supported Platforms</h2>
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<p>Boost.Python is known to have been tested in the following configurations:
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<li>Against <a href="http://www.python/org/2.2.1">Python 2.2.1</a> using
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the following compilers (Note that pickling doesn't work with Python
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2.2 due to a core language bug;
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<a href="http://www.python/org/2.2.1">2.2.1</a> fixes that).
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<p>Boost.Python is known to have been tested
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against <a href="http://www.python/org/2.2.1">Python 2.2.1</a> using
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the following compilers:
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/sp/vs6/sp5/default.asp">MSVC++6sp5</a>. All
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tests pass.
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href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/sp/vs6/sp5/default.asp">MSVC++6sp5</a>.
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All tests pass.
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<p>
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<li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">MSVC++7 (Visual
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Studio .NET)</a>. All tests pass.
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<li><a href="http://www.metrowerks.com/products/windows/">Metrowerks
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CodeWarrior Pro7.2 for Windows</a>. All tests pass.
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CodeWarrior Pro7.2 and Pro7.0 for Windows</a>. All tests pass.
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<li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org">GCC 3.0.4</a> under <a
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href="www.cygwin.com">Cygwin</a>. All tests pass.
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href="www.cygwin.com">Cygwin</a> and
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<a href="http://www.redhat.com/">RedHat Linux 7.1</a>.
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All tests pass.
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<li>Compaq C++ V6.2-024 for Digital UNIX (an <a
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href="http://www.edg.com/">EDG</a>-based compiler).
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All tests pass.<br>
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Note that the Boost.Compatibility
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library must be included (see e.g. tru64_cxx.mak in the build
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directory).
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<li>Silicon Graphics MIPSpro Version 7.3.1.2m (an <a
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href="http://www.edg.com/">EDG</a>-based compiler).
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All tests pass.<br>
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Note that the Boost.Compatibility
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library must be included (see e.g. irix_CC.mak in the build
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directory).
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<li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org">GCC 2.95.2</a> under <a
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href="www.mingw.org">MinGW</a>. Comprehensive test fails at
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runtime due to a compiler code-generation bug. Other tests seem to
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work.
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href="www.mingw.org">MinGW</a> and <a
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href="http://www.redhat.com/">RedHat Linux 7.1</a>.
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Compilation succeeds, but some tests fail at runtime due to
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exception handling bugs. It is therefore highly recommended
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to use GCC 3.0.4 instead.
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<p>
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<li><a
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href="http://developer.intel.com/software/products/compilers/c50/">Intel
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C++ 6.0</a> beta: Comprehensive test fails to link due to a
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linker bug. Other tests seem to work.
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<li><a
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C++ 5.0</a> Comprehensive test fails at runtime due to an
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exception-handling bug. Other tests seem to work.
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Note that pickling doesn't work with Python 2.2
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due to a core language bug. This is fixed in
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<a href="http://www.python/org/2.2.1">2.2.1</a>.
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<li>Against Python 2.0 using the following compilers:
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<li><a
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href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/sp/vs6sp4/dnldoverview.asp">MSVC++6sp4</a>.
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<li>Against Python 1.5.2 using the following compiler/library combinations:
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<li><a
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href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/sp/vs6sp4/dnldoverview.asp">MSVC++6sp4</a>
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<li><a
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href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/sp/vs6sp4/dnldoverview.asp">MSVC++6sp4</a>/<a
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href="http://www.stlport.org">STLport 4.0</a>
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<li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/">GCC 2.95.2</a> [by <a href="mailto:koethe@informatik.uni-hamburg.de">Ullrich
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href="http://www.edg.com/">EDG</a>-based compiler) with <a
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href="http://www.stlport.org/beta.html">STLport-4.1b3</a> [by <a
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href="mailto:rwgk@cci.lbl.gov">Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve</a>]
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<li>An upcoming release of <a href="http://www.metrowerks.com/products/windows/">Metrowerks CodeWarrior
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Pro6 for Windows</a> (the first release has a bug that's fatal to Boost.Python)
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Boost.Python has also been used with other versions of Python back to
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Python 1.5.2. It is expected that the older Python releases still work,
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<h2>Credits</h2>
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Questions should be directed to <a href=
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"http://www.yahoogroups.com/list/boost">the boost mailing list</a>.
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Questions should be directed to the <a href=
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"http://www.python.org/sigs/c++-sig/">Python C++ SIG</a>.
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&copy; Copyright David Abrahams 2001. Permission to copy, use, modify,
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express or implied warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for
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Updated: Mar 6, 2001
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Updated: Apr 2002
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