Paul Moore wrote: > On 23/11/2007, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I really like to throw out the old junk to have a clean script. Maybe I >> could leave the old msvccompiler alone and put the new code into >> distutils.msvc9compiler? > > That might work. I'm not sure if throwing the old stuff out is OK. As > long as we have a VC6 directory (however unmaintained it may be) I'd > say we need the equivalent distutils support.
Presumably the advantage of a new compiler flavour is that you could set your pydistutils.cfg to that compiler (or use --compiler= or whatever) and put whatever specifics you want in a new class without having to disturb the unstable equilibrium which is msvccompiler. TJG _______________________________________________ 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
