Which compiler will Python 2.5 / Windows (Intel) be built with?

[meyer at mesw.de]

Mr Roboto wrote:
> I haven't personally tried a Python compile w/ this, but I'll
> share it in hopes that it'll help:  one can download a free copy
> of Visual C++ 2K5 *Express* from microsoft itself.  If you're
> interested, try:

The problem is, when you compile an extension module with VS (Express)
2005 and try to load it in a VS2003-compiled Python (which apparently
2.5 will be), there will be errors. So you have to recompile Python
itself with VS2005. This in turn will make it incompatible with any
binary open-source extension out there. E.g., if you use wxPython, you
will then have to recompile that also etc. pp. Also, since there is no
"official" support for the build with VS 2005, it is not clear, if the
differences in the compiler will introduce subtile bugs, say in memory
handling and the like. All in all, this situation feels not good to
me...


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