[Python-Dev] [C++-sig] GCC version compatibility (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Jul 13 08:10:33 CEST 2005

Nicholas Bastin wrote:

You practically always have to use --compiler with distutils when building C++ extensions anyhow, and even then it rarely does what I would consider 'The Right Thing(tm)'.

I see. In that case, I think something should be done about distutils as well (assuming somebody volunteers): it would be best if this worked in the usual cases, with some easy way for the setup.py author to indicate the preferences.

Regards, Martin

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