[Python-Dev] [C++-sig] GCC version compatibility

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Nicholas Bastin wrote:
> You practically always have to use --compiler with distutils when
> building C++ extensions anyhow, and even then it rarely does what I
> would consider 'The Right Thing(tm)'.  

I see. In that case, I think something should be done about distutils
as well (assuming somebody volunteers): it would be best if this worked
in the usual cases, with some easy way for the setup.py author to
indicate the preferences.

Regards,
Martin