Net-aware pcb diff tool (kicad-python demo)

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Bottom line : based on this first experience, I can safely predict that Python extensions/plugins, that rely directly or indirectly on .pyd files (like matplotlib), are guaranteed to fail on Windows, unless developers :

• provide specially compiled version of these Python modules. Modules have to be installed in Kicad’s private Python directory. The extension/plugin will only work within the Kicad Python installation.

Hmm… sounding messy.

The OP actually has another impressive Python effort here, around Python 3 support in kiCad

Moving from Python to Lisp/Lua

I think improving our current python implementation is the way to go. I started with an abstraction layer as already pointed out (prototype: https://github.com/pointhi/kicad-python). It already works, but I think it would be more important at the moment to get the wxPython implementation to Phoenix as well as adding support for Python 3. If anyone has the interest to improve the current implementation, I’m happy to see contributors. I think it would be even a good idea to drop Python 2 support …

That thread probably even needs a moderator split of that Topic, as V3 Python, is not really lisp/lua

I wonder how V3 python could/might resolve these windows build issues ?