[Distutils] test for compiler on Windows?

[Just van Rossum]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> Just van Rossum wrote:
> > On Windows, how can I detect in my setup.py whether there is a
> > compiler available? I have one C extension in my package which is
> > entirely optional, and I would like "python setup.py install" to
> > skip building the extension if there's no compiler available.
> 
> The best way to do this is to subclass the build_ext command
> and make compiling the extension optional.
> 
> See mxSetup.py in the latest egenix-mx-base beta for an example.

Wow, that is one mean setup script... Thanks!

Just