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# translation.shared

- name: shared
- description: Build as a shared library
- command-line: –shared
- command-line for negation: –no-shared
- option type: boolean option
- default: False

Build pypy as a shared library or a DLL, with a small executable to run it. This is necessary on Windows to expose the C API provided by the cpyext module.

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