Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Steve Dower <steve.do...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> What this means for Python is that C extensions for Python 3.5 and later can >> be built using any version of MSVC from 14.0 and later. > > Oh, if only this had been available for 2.7!! Actually... this means that > 14.0 would be a good target for a compiler change for 2.7.x, if such a change > is ever acceptable.
Maybe, but I doubt it will ever be acceptable :) > To what extent is this compatibility going to be maintained? Is there a > guarantee that there'll be X versions (or X years) of cross-compilation > support? There are a few breaking changes in this version that are designed to standardize on a function-call based ABI, which should effectively be a life-long guarantee. The only promise I can make is this: when cross-compilation support is eventually broken, it will be due to something that nobody has been able to predict up until now. (Hopefully that's better than promising that it will be broken in the very next release.) > ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
