I just got the Lyle Johnson's current patch for supporting Borland C++. One thing he added is a 'build_temp' parameter to the 'link_*()' methods of the CCompiler interface. This seems reasonable to me, so I'm going to check it in as-is. However, BCPPCompiler is the only compiler class to do anything with 'build_temp'. Strikes me as irrelevant for UnixCCompiler, but could very well be useful for MSVCCompiler: the issue of linker turds has been hacked around in the 'msvc_prelink_hack()' method, but is there a nicer way to do it? Possibly. This change might reduce the amount of code in that hack method, which would be a good thing. Anyone want to take a look at this and see if we can lighten the load of 'msvc_prelink_hack()' by using the 'build_temp' parameter to 'link_*()'? Thanks in advance! Greg -- Greg Ward - Unix geek gward@python.net http://starship.python.net/~gward/ Never put off till tomorrow what you can put off till the day after tomorrow.