[Python-Dev] Visual studio 2005 express now free

[Giovanni Bajo]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

> - Paul Moore has contributed a Python build procedure for the
>   free version of the 2003 compiler. This one is without IDE,
>   but still, it should allow people without a VS 2003 license
>   to work on Python itself; it should also be possible to develop
>   extensions with that compiler (although I haven't verified
>   that distutils would pick that up correctly).

It's been possible to compile distutils extensions with the VS 2003 toolkit
for far longer than it's possible to compile Python itself:
http://www.vrplumber.com/programming/mstoolkit/

In fact, it would be great if the patches provided here were reviewed and
integrated into the official Python distutils.
-- 
Giovanni Bajo