Question for potential python development contributions on Windows

[Terry Reedy]

On 5/23/2021 10:05 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 5/23/2021 12:20 PM, pjfarley3 at earthlink.net wrote:
>> I asked this question on python-dev last week but did not get an 
>> answer.  If
>> anyone here know the answer I would appreciate it.
>>
>> The Python Developers Guide specifically states to get VS2017 for 
>> developing
>> or enhancing python on a Windows system.
>>
>> Is it still correct to specifically use VS2017 , or is VS2019 also
>> acceptable?

pjfarley just got answers on pydev.  For anyone else, they are no, not 
only VS2017, and yes, VS2019 is fine.  The same will be true of a 
possible VS2021 as long as the compiler version remain 14.something.

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Terry Jan Reedy