How to check if Python3 was built with '--enable-shared'?

Question

Environment:

• Mac OS X 10.8.5
• Apache 2.2.26
• Homebrew Python 3.3.3

Problem:

I am trying to install mod_wsgi but first need to determine if Python was configured and compiled with the '--enable-shared' option.

Questions:

1. How can I determine if Homebrew installed Python with the '--enable-shared' option?
2. If it was not installed, what is the correct way to install it?

Thank you!

Answer 1

From the python repl:

import sysconfig
sysconfig.get_config_vars('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')

Answer 2

A bit better is to use

import sysconfig
sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')

This returns the integer value 0 or 1 directly. The plural form is used to get multiple values or a whole dict if no argument is given, see https://docs.python.org/3/library/sysconfig.html?highlight=get_config_vars#sysconfig.get_config_vars