[issue25251] Unknown MS Compiler version 1900

[Matt Hickford]

Matt Hickford added the comment:

Here's a patch that helped on my computer

On 28 September 2015 at 00:29, Zachary Ware <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:

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> Changes by Zachary Ware <zachary.ware at gmail.com>:
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> components: +Windows
> nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
> type: crash -> behavior
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keywords: +patch
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file40608/patch.diff

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--- cygwinccompiler.py
+++ cygwinccompiler.py
@@ -82,7 +82,18 @@ def get_msvcr():
         elif msc_ver == '1600':
             # VS2010 / MSVC 10.0
             return ['msvcr100']
+        elif msc_ver == '1700':
+            # Visual Studio 2012 / Visual C++ 11.0
+            return ['msvcr110']
+        elif msc_ver == '1800':
+            # Visual Studio 2013 / Visual C++ 12.0
+            return ['msvcr120']
+        elif msc_ver == '1900':
+            # Visual Studio 2015 / Visual C++ 14.0
+            # "msvcr140.dll no longer exists" http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2014/06/03/visual-studio-14-ctp.aspx
+            return ['vcruntime140']
         else:
+            # to do: can we make this futureproof?
             raise ValueError("Unknown MS Compiler version %s " % msc_ver)