[lldb-dev] The pre-built Windows LLDB binary has a dependency on an external python36.dll?

[Adrian McCarthy via lldb-dev]

Yes, that sounds plausible, but I don't recall for sure.  I think there's a
build-time option to say you don't want Python at all, but I can't remember
if there was a load-as-needed option.

In any event, the current situation is what it is.  What's feasible and
worth doing for the future?

* Hard dependency (as we have right now)
* Dynamically load Python DLL on startup if it exists, or provide a better
error message with instructions
* Dynamically load Python DLL on startup if it exists, otherwise disable
Python-dependent features
* Dynamically load a specific version of the Python DLL if/when needed
* Dynamically load any supported Python DLL if/when needed





On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 1:57 PM Leonard Mosescu <lmosescu at nvidia.com> wrote:

> What kind of behavior did you expect?
>
> I could be wrong, but I thought that previous versions of LLDB would use
> LoadLibrary() instead of linking to the import library?
>
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> *From:* Pavel Labath <pavel at labath.sk>
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> *Subject:* Re: [lldb-dev] The pre-built Windows LLDB binary has a
> dependency on an external python36.dll?
>
> On 20/11/2019 23:53, Adrian McCarthy via lldb-dev wrote:
> > That said, I didn't expect an explicit dependency on python36.dll.
>
> What kind of behavior did you expect?
>
> pl
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