On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:06:36 +1100 Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: > > How do you know this isn't a problem, since you haven't *tested* with > > MSVC? > > Why on Earth would you want to test your PEP work with an unsupported > > Windows compiler and runtime, rather than with the officially supported > > compiler and runtime? > > This discussion revolved around supporting MinGW in addition to MSVC. > If it had been supported when I was doing that, I could have spun > myself up a Windows build and tested it.
My point is that your "Windows build" would not have the same behaviour as a MSVC-produced Windows build, and so testing it with it would not certify that your code would actually be compatible with genuine MSVC builds of CPython, which we will not stop supporting. Therefore, what you and the OP are proposing would not make it *easier* to ensure cross-platform compatibility but rather *harder*, by adding another incompatible build configuration to the mix of supported configurations. The only remaining question is whether it is worthwhile adding support for such an additional platform, and given that MinGW is extremely marginal amongst Windows developers, the answer is IMHO no. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
