[Python-Dev] Re: No-cost optimizing VC 7.1

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 12:09 PM 4/19/04 +1200, Greg Ewing wrote:
>Paul Moore <pf_moore at yahoo.co.uk>:
>
> > Sadly, a test seems to show that the /MD option links with msvcrt.dll,
> > and not with msvcr71.dll. So this still isn't of immediate use in
> > building Python extensions which will run against a standard Python
> > binary distribution.
>
>Can I just ask at this point whether it's possible to
>use MinGW to compile extensions for the Python version
>under discussion here?

Yes.  See:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-January/041650.html