Python Embedding with IPython: WindowsError: [Error 193]% 1 is not a valid Win32 application

Attempt to start:

#include <Python.h>

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);  /* optional but recommended */
  Py_Initialize();
  PyRun_SimpleString("import IPython\n"
                     "IPython.embed()\n");
  Py_Finalize();
  return 0;
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

compiled with mignw64 gcc 4.6.0 ( g++ -I /c/prog64/Python27/include t.cpp /c/prog64/Python27/libs/libpython27.a

) in Windwos 7 I am getting the error:

$ a.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\terminal\embed.py", line 290, in embed
    shell = InteractiveShellEmbed.instance(**kwargs)
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\config\configurable.py", line 354, in instance
    inst = cls(*args, **kwargs)
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\terminal\embed.py", line 92, in __init__
    display_banner=display_banner
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\terminal\interactiveshell.py", line 328, in  __init__
    **kwargs
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py", line 483, in __init__
    self.init_readline()
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py", line 1817, in init_readline
    import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\utils\rlineimpl.py", line 21, in <module>
    _rl = __import__(_rlmod_name)
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\readline.py", line 6, in <module>
    from pyreadline.rlmain import Readline
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\pyreadline\__init__.py", line 11, in <module>
    from . import unicode_helper, logger, clipboard, lineeditor, modes, console
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\pyreadline\console\__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    from .console import *
  File "c:\prog64\python27\lib\site-packages\pyreadline\console\console.py", line 610, in <module>
    msvcrt = cdll.LoadLibrary(ctypes.util.find_msvcrt())
  File "C:\prog64\Python27\Lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 443, in LoadLibrary
    return self._dlltype(name)
  File "C:\prog64\Python27\Lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 365, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
WindowsError: [Error 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 applicationTraceback (most recent call last):

      

        
        
        
      

    

Note that the other commands in PyRun_SimpleString

do work; also in the command line python session:

import IPython
IPython.embed()

      

        
        
        
      

    

work.

I expect the problem to be related to the MSVCR90.DLL that _dlopen is looking for and the fact that g ++ is referring to the "normal" MSVCRT.DLL. Compiling with VS2008 is not an easy option. The same error message is seen when compiling with VS2010. Python setup - Anaconda Python 2.7.8 64 bit.