[New-bugs-announce] [issue11921] distutils2 should be able to compile an Extension based on the Python implementation version

[dholth]

New submission from dholth <dholth at fastmail.fm>:

It might be useful to be able to declare optional Extensions that for example won't attempt to compile on Jython or any implementation of Python for which the extension (a) doesn't work or (b) would be slower than the Python fallback.

I suppose this could be accomplished without changing anything by packaging the extension separately and using the extant "; plat=win32" style dependency qualifiers?

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assignee: tarek
components: Distutils2
messages: 134394
nosy: alexis, dholth, eric.araujo, tarek
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: distutils2 should be able to compile an Extension based on the Python implementation version
versions: Python 2.7

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