[Python-Dev] Moving Python 3.5 on Windows to a new compiler

[Stefan Krah]

dw+python-dev at hmmz.org <dw+python-dev at hmmz.org> wrote:
> * Has Python ever hit a showstopper release issue as a result of a bug
>   in MSVC? (I guess probably not).

Yes, a PGO issue:

http://bugs.python.org/issue15993


To be fair, in that issue I did not look if there's some undefined behavior in
longobject.c.


> * Will VS 14 be golden prior to Python 3.5's release? It would suck to
>   rely on a beta compiler.. :)

This is my only concern, too. Otherwise, +1 for the switch.



Stefan Krah