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

[meyer at mesw.de]

Hi Fredrik,

first, thanks for PIL, I use it extensively in my daily work ;)

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> huh?  2.5 isn't released yet.  if you *have* a Python app, you can
> continue to use the same compiler when you upgrade from 2.4 and 2.5.
> it's not like anyone is forcing you to uninstall the compiler just
> because you upgrade Python...

No, but the compiler that used to be available for compiling 2.4
extensions is no longer available and/or supported. So there is/was
hope that 2.5 might improve the situation because then compiling
extensions would be possible again with the currently available
compiler from Microsoft. This would require that Python 2.5 be built
with this compiler of course. So the situation is actually worse than
before (when the 2003 toolkit was available), and the decision for 2003
means that it won't improve with the release of 2.5. I believe this is
what the gp was trying to say...


Markus