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Issue #16194: document imp.load_dynamic problems when read several extension modules from the same binary object file.
author Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com>
date Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:51:28 +0200
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1 This package will install Python $FULL_VERSION for Mac OS X
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2 $MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET for the following architecture(s):
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3 $ARCHITECTURES.
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5 Installation requires approximately $INSTALL_SIZE MB of disk space,
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6 ignore the message that it will take zero bytes.
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8 You must install onto your current boot disk, even though the
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9 installer does not enforce this, otherwise things will not work.
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11 Python consists of the Python programming language interpreter, plus
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12 a set of programs to allow easy access to it for Mac users including
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13 an integrated development environment, IDLE, plus a set of pre-built
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14 extension modules that open up specific Macintosh technologies to
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15 Python programs.
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17 **** IMPORTANT ****
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19 Before using IDLE or other programs using the tkinter graphical user
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20 interface toolkit, visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/
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21 for current information about supported and recommended versions
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22 of Tcl/Tk for this version of Python and Mac OS X.
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24 *******************
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26 The installer puts applications, an "Update Shell Profile" command,
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27 and an Extras folder containing demo programs and tools into the
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28 "Python $VERSION" subfolder of the system Applications folder,
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29 and puts the underlying machinery into the folder
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30 $PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR. It can
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31 optionally place links to the command-line tools in /usr/local/bin as
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32 well. Double-click on the "Update Shell Profile" command to add the
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33 "bin" directory inside the framework to your shell's search path.
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35 More information on Python in general can be found at
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36 http://www.python.org.