[Python-Dev] Visual studio 2005 express now free

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> It's been possible to compile distutils extensions with the VS 2003 toolkit
> for far longer than it's possible to compile Python itself:
> http://www.vrplumber.com/programming/mstoolkit/

Sure: with distutils modifications.

> In fact, it would be great if the patches provided here were reviewed and
> integrated into the official Python distutils.

Something like this should already be in Python 2.5. I just haven't
tested it in this configuration.

Regards,
Martin