Building 64-bit C Python extensions on Windows

Question

I am asking this question because I need to build a specific module (aspell_python, http://wm.ite.pl/proj/aspell-python/) to work with my 64-bit Python 2.6 which runs on a W

Answer 1

I've successfully compiled C extensions for Python on 64-bit Windows before by running the following commands from the "Visual Studio 2008 x64 Win64 Command Prompt" in the top level directory of the source distribution of the extension:

set DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
set MSSdk=1
python setup.py install