[New-bugs-announce] [issue14708] distutils's checking for MSVC compiler

[jamesf]

New submission from jamesf <54740235 at qq.com>:

I am using python 2.7.2 installed via the pre-built installer package, and my SDK version is v7.1.

1) The MSSdk environment variable is not set by lastest SDK's SetEnv.cmd anymore, but distutils still check for it.

2) I have also install MSVC 2010 Express Edition, and its vcvarsall.bat
can't be found.

Off-side question:
a) Can i use different version of MSVC from which python is built for extension development ?
b) Can i use mingw compiler to develop extension for the pre-built windows binary python ?

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messages: 159833
nosy: jwfang
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: distutils's checking for MSVC compiler
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7

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