[Distutils] Re: CygwinCCompiler, msvc hack, BCPPCompiler

Greg Ward gward@python.net
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:16:50 -0400


On 29 June 2000, Norman Vine said:
> FWIW
> I compile Python with Cygwin routinely and I do not have "__GNUC__"
> anywhere in my config.h file
[...]
> >>> 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 :-))

No; as I understand it, the CygwinCCompiler class will allow you to
build extensions using GCC (Cygwin or MingW32!) with the stock Python
binary, as long as you have a libpython.a around.  (It also requires
changes to Python's config.h, but I believe Fred checked those in a few
days ago.)

This is a big win: let Guido's employer shell out for MSVC++, but you
can use a free compiler to build extensions for Windows without having
to build Python yourself.

        Greg
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