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| Anyone know which compiler python 2.5 for windows is compiled against? I.e. will i be able to build extensions with vs2005 express? |
| Im pretty sure VS6 is the official windows compiler for python releases. |
| BigDaddy, no, it's currently vs7 |
| Mupolan, i thought it was changed back to vs6 because of licensing issues of some DLLs that vs7 compiled binaries require? |
| distutils demands the .NET 1.1 SDK, which would correspond to VS7 |
| Mupolan, distutils doesn't depend on .Net |
| BigDaddy, it depends on the .net SDK. never mind go grep for it |
| But the .net sdk is for building .net assemblies. Mupolan, its getting respectable. |
| BigDaddy, most C compilers are written in C |
| Benj, i know that. Mupolan, thats exactly what any other bootstrapped language does. |
| BigDaddy, yah, i'm just explaining it in terms of a language that most people don't think of as compiled Hopefully it won't hose vs2005 I do hope 2.5 updates the compiler |
| Mupolan, licensing issues get in the way. |
| What licensing issue |
| Distributing a certain DLL that the newer VS-built binaries require. Which would require all windows python users who dont have it to go to microsoft.com and download it themselves. |
