[Python-Dev] cpython: Build the _sha3 module with VS 2008.

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 17:32:02 +0200
Christian Heimes <christian at python.org> wrote:
> Am 21.10.2012 17:23, schrieb antoine.pitrou:
> > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ce9c9cbd1b11
> > changeset:   79875:ce9c9cbd1b11
> > user:        Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
> > date:        Sun Oct 21 17:21:04 2012 +0200
> > summary:
> >   Build the _sha3 module with VS 2008.
> 
> For VS 2010 I decided against this approach and built the extension as a
> separate .pyd extension because the _sha3 module is rather large (> 200
> kB). I think your change is going to break VS 2010.

I don't know. If it breaks VS 2010 then it should be reverted. On the
other hand I'd like to continue building Python under Windows without
needing to install yet another MSVC version.

Regards

Antoine.