[Python-Dev] Compiler for the Mac OS X version of Python 3.4 (original) (raw)

Ryan rymg19 at gmail.com
Sun Sep 15 00:56:06 CEST 2013

+1. A 10.6-only build makes sense.

If you aren't having problems with GCC 4.8, then Clang shouldn't give any trouble. Honestly, I still think Clang should be a compiler option in Windows distutils...

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote:

On Sep 14, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> wrote: The most recent Developer Tools for 10.8 and 10.7 systems, Xcode 4.6.x, have a mature clang but do not provide a 10.6 SDK. Even with using an SDK, it's still possible to end up inadvertently linking with the wrong versions of system libraries. We have been burned by that in the past. I think we should offer a separate Mac build just for 10.6 (much like we do for the 32-bit PPC option for 10.5). Otherwise, were trapped in an old world and using the same reasoning as companies that still mandate Internet Explorer 6; forgoing the benefits of newer browsers just to make sure a few pieces of legacy code can be supported.

I'd like to move to Apple's latest clang, as well. (Apple is dropping gcc totally from the next release of Xcode.) That is an excellent reason for us to move as well. Otherwise, we risk getting out of sync with the rest of the ecosystem. I've opened a bug tracker issue for this (Issue19019). Thank you. One thing that can be done is to take advantage of the 3.4 alphas and betas to experiment with having both a legacy version and fresh build with better tools. That would let us find out early whether the worries and fears are real and will manifest themselves in practice. I've been building under GCC 4.8.1 for months and have encountered no problems at all with the popular third-party modules or with linking to existing SO files. Raymond

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