On 2/27/06, M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Microsoft has recently released their express version of the Visual C++. > Given that this version is free for everyone, wouldn't it make sense > to ship Python 2.5 compiled with this version ?! > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx > > I suppose this would make compiling extensions easier for people > who don't have a standard VC++ .NET installed.
It would sure be nice for people like me with "occasional dabbler in Windows" status, so, selfishly, I'd be all in favor. However...: What I hear from the rumor mill (not perhaps a reliable source) is a bit discouraging about the stability of VS2005 (e.g. internal rebellion at MS in which groups which need to ship a lot of code pushed back against any attempt to make them use VS2005, and managed to win the internal fight and stick with VS2003), but I don't know if any such worry applies to something as simple as the mere compilation of C code... > Note: This is just a thought - I haven't looked into the consequences > of building with VC8 yet, e.g. from the list of pre-requisites, > it's possible that .NET 2.0 would become a requirement. You mean, to RUN vc8-compiled Python?! That would be perhaps the first C compiler ever unable to produce "native", stand-alone code, wouldn't it? Alex _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
