[Python-Dev] Built with VS2012 Express for desktop (original) (raw)

Brian Curtin brian at python.org
Tue Feb 19 19:48:02 CET 2013

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:37 PM, rahul garg <rahulgarg at live.ca> wrote:

Hi.

I downloaded Python 3.3 source, opened up the solution in VS2012 Express for Desktop and built the "python" subproject using "Release" and "x64" configurations. I now have a "python.exe" in the PCBuild/amd64 subfolder that appears to be working as far as i can see. I have a few questions: a) Is there a test suite that I can run to verify that the build is working fine?

Last I checked there are some issues, but most of the tests should pass. You would run "PCBuild\python.exe -m test" from the top level of your checkout to see this. It's also covered at http://docs.python.org/devguide/

b) I now intend to build some extensions (such as NumPy). Not sure if this is the right list, but would I need to modify something in distutils to get it working with VS2012?

Yes. You'll probably need to point distutils to the correct batch file that sets up a VS2012 build environment.

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