Doesn't Cygwin build against the posix abstraction layer? Wouldn't a python built as such operate as though it was on a unix of some sort? It has been quite a while since I messed with Cygwin - if it hasn't changed, it's not really an option, especially when we have native windows builds now. It would be too much of a downgrade in experience and performance.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Python-Dev [mailto:python-dev-bounces+tritium- > list=sdamon....@python.org] On Behalf Of Sturla Molden > Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 3:37 PM > To: python-dev@python.org > Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] C99 > > Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is it worth to support a compiler that in 2016 doesn't support the C > > standard released in 1999, 17 years ago? > > MSVC only supports C99 when its needed for C++11 or some MS extension > to C. > > Is it worth supporting MSVC? If not, we have Intel C, Clang and Cygwin GCC > are the viable options we have on Windows (and perhaps Embarcadero, but I > haven't used C++ builder for a very long time). Even MinGW does not fully > support C99, because it depends on Microsoft's CRT. If we think MSVC and > MinGW are worth supporting, we cannot just use C99 indiscriminantly. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/tritium- > list%40sdamon.com _______________________________________________ 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
