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

[Vadim Chugunov via lldb-dev]

FWIW, Python provides stable ABI <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0384/>
for a subset of their API.

I've actually managed to create a version of LLDB that is Python-optional
and Python version-agnostic (for versions 3.3 up).   Though given the
number of hoops I had to jump through to get there, I cannot recommend this
approach for mainline LLDB.


On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 9:39 AM Adrian McCarthy via lldb-dev <
lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Yes, I think it's pretty reasonable to expect a specific version of
> Python, especially if the pre-built Python DLLs for Windows are still built
> with versions as old as VS 2013.  Once you get to VS 2015 or 2017, I think
> the compatibility improves.
>
> Perhaps the best thing for the pre-built LLDB is to include the right
> Python DLL in the distro, assuming the licensing allows that.
>
> The more sophisticated solutions are probably more work than is justified
> by the value.
>
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 8:29 AM Ted Woodward <tedwood at quicinc.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> > > * Dynamically load any supported Python DLL if/when needed
>> > That might be tricky since the different versions are not binary
>> compatible in
>> > general. But it is possible, as Apple folks have shown, though it
>> amounts to
>> > building multiple copies of ScriptInterpreterPython and then choosing
>> the
>> > right one at runtime.
>>
>> It's not just the python dll; it's the modules directory as well. My
>> experiments with different versions of Python on Linux led me to just ship
>> the right python with our distribution.
>>
>> I saw things like building with 2.7.6 but using the 2.7.3 library/modules
>> (and vice versa) would crash, and building with 2.7.6 but running with
>> 2.6.x seemed to be OK, mostly. On Windows, I had crashes when loading
>> Python 2.7.8 from python.org (built with VS 2008) in lldb built with VS
>> 2013, so you have to think about other library dependencies too.
>>
>> My conclusion - you MUST use the same python that lldb was built with.
>> Period.
>>
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