[Distutils] Re: CygwinCCompiler, msvc hack, BCPPCompiler

[Norman Vine]

Rene Liebscher writes:
>
>---- CygwinCCompiler ------------
>
>OK, it should now be better to read. I also included your other changes
>(set_executables, build_temp.)
>

I just noticed that cygwinccompiler has been added to distutils :-))

One minor nitpick

from cygwinccompiler.py

# Because these compilers aren't configured in Python's config.h file by
default
# we should at least warn the user if he is using a unmodified version.
def check_config_h():
    """ checks, if the gcc-compiler is mentioned in config.h
        if it is not, compiling probably doesn't work """


FWIW
I compile Python with Cygwin routinely and I do not have "__GNUC__"
anywhere in my config.h file

however given

NHV:/f/jnk2> python
Python 1.6a2 (#12, Jun 22 2000, 08:18:57)  [GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release-2)]
on cygwin_98-4.101
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
Copyright 1995-2000 Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
>>> import sys
>>> sys.version
'1.6a2 (#12, Jun 22 2000, 08:18:57)  [GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release-2)]'

perhaps checking for "GCC" in sys.version will do what we want :-))

Norman Vine