python 3.8

[christopherhesse]

fixes #197

[christopherhesse]

@endrift seems like python's dev.msi for python 3.8 does not include libpython.a only python.lib, any ideas on how to workaround that?

[christopherhesse]

It seems like there might be different rules for linking against libpython for 3.8: https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html#debug-build-uses-the-same-abi-as-release-build

[endrift]

@christopherhesse not sure if it'll still link properly, but you might be able to just rename it to libpython.a. They're in the same format, it's just the lib file is targeted for MSVC.

[christopher-hesse]

here's a converted one from https://code.google.com/archive/p/lib2a/ in case that does not work convert.zip

[christopher-hesse]

another option:

from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11793370/how-can-i-convert-a-vsts-lib-to-a-mingw-a

curl -O https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.2/amd64/core.msi
7z x core.msi
apt-get install --yes apt-get install mingw-w64-tools
gendef python.dll
/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-dlltool --as-flags=--64 -m i386:x86-64 -k --output-lib libpython.a --input-def python.def

[christopherhesse]

Thanks for the suggestion @endrift! I couldn't get that to work but the dlltool thing at least finished compiling.