[Python-Dev] Python 2.4 extensions require VC 7.1? (original) (raw)

Bill Janssen janssen at parc.com
Fri Jun 16 19:06:08 CEST 2006


A colleague recently posted this message:

I'm trying to build a Python extension, and Python 2.4 insists on the MS Visual C++ compiler version 7.1, which is included with the MS VC++ 2003 toolkit. This toolkit is no longer available for download from Microsoft (superseded by the 2005 version), so I'm stuck.

This seems sub-optimal. I'm afraid I don't follow the Windows track closely; has this been fixed for 2.5, or should it be reported as a bug?

Bill



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