[Python-Dev] Building Python with Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Thu Nov 10 20:52:16 CET 2005

Christos Georgiou wrote:

I didn't see any mention of this product in the Python-Dev list, so I thought to let you know.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/download/ There is also a link for a CD image (.img) file to download. I am downloading now, so I don't know yet whether Python compiles with it without any problems. So if anyone has previous experience, please reply.

I don't have previous experience, but I think this it likely shares the issues that VS.NET 2005 has with the current code:

  1. the project files are for VS.NET 2003. In theory, conversion to the new format is supported, but I don't know whether this conversion works flawlessly.
  2. MS broke ISO C conformance in VS.NET 2005 in a way that affects Python's signal handling. There is a patch on SF which addresses the issue, but that hasn't been checked in yet.

Regards, Martin

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