Steve Dower added the comment: Python does not support being built with MinGW, but we have "support" to build extensions with MinGW. It isn't great support, and we're open to patches/contributions (none of our core Windows devs use MinGW AFAIK).
And yes, VC is different from MinGW because MinGW is trying to copy a different operating system. Where possible, Python generally tries to follow the conventions of the underlying operating system, which is why we build with VC and not gcc on Windows. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23246> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
