[Python-Dev] Switch to MS VC++ 2005 ?! (original) (raw)

Phil Thompson phil at riverbankcomputing.co.uk
Mon Feb 27 19:00:50 CET 2006

On Monday 27 February 2006 5:51 pm, Alex Martelli wrote:

On 2/27/06, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote: > Microsoft has recently released their express version of the Visual C++. > Given that this version is free for everyone, wouldn't it make sense > to ship Python 2.5 compiled with this version ?! > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx > > I suppose this would make compiling extensions easier for people > who don't have a standard VC++ .NET installed.

It would sure be nice for people like me with "occasional dabbler in Windows" status, so, selfishly, I'd be all in favor. However...: What I hear from the rumor mill (not perhaps a reliable source) is a bit discouraging about the stability of VS2005 (e.g. internal rebellion at MS in which groups which need to ship a lot of code pushed back against any attempt to make them use VS2005, and managed to win the internal fight and stick with VS2003), but I don't know if any such worry applies to something as simple as the mere compilation of C code...

...but some extension modules are 500,000 lines of C++.

Phil

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