On 27.11.2009 23:08, Sune Foldager wrote: > Adrian Buehlmann wrote: >>> Now I'm curious if Python will use (or can be made to use) these >>> compilers to build C extensions. Perhaps we can drop mingw entirely. >>> >> Indeed. The compiler in Windows 7 SDK seems to be the full >> optimizing C++ compiler. I doubt there is any difference to the >> one shipping with Visual C++ (modulo libraries like MFC and >> ATL of course, which hopefully no one is using for these kind >> of things). > > Why does this matter, though? I always use binary installers for python > and that works fine. Why would we need to build it from scratch? We > (Edlund) use 2.6 since it's built with 2008, so I guess we (TortoiseHg) > would do the same, or rather the 7.0 SDK which should be the same.
I think Steve was talking about compiling the C extensions for Python of Mercurial (= Mercurial source files written ins C). And I was trying to emphasize that ATL is probably not part of the Windows 7 SDK suite (CuteHg used ATL in the beginning, IIRC). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-develop mailing list Tortoisehg-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-develop
