- E02 - Support for MinGW Open Source Compiler

[Ilias Lazaridis]

Fuzzyman wrote:
> Ilias Lazaridis wrote:
> [snip..]
> 
>>>>b) Why does the Python Foundation not ensure, that the python
>>>>source-code is directly compilable with MinGW?
>>>
>>>Why should they? It already runs on Windows with a freely available
>>>compiler.
>>
>>Obvious: Courtesy [against the userbase needs]
>>
>>Obvious: Consistency [same code-base across different compiler]
> 
> Are you aware that the MSVC compiler they use produces tighter code
> than gcc ? [1] *Most* users would rather have a faster python than a
> python built with an open source compiler.
> Particularly as distutils (read Python) can *easily* be configured to
> use mingw to build extensions from source - which seems to be your real
> requirement.

This is not relevant.

The Python Foundation should just ensure, that the source-code-base is 
compilable with MinGW on windows, too.

This is a very natural requirement.

There is really no need to 'fight' against this.

There is just a need to cooperate to achieve this.

[...]
> [1] Not knocking gcc - it's just optimsied for portability rather than
> speed. If you want to see *a* benchmark, there is a link to one in my
> 'upgrading python' article. (In the article section at
> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shmtl )

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