[Python-Dev] Windows compiler for Python 2.6+

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Chris AtLee schrieb:
> I just got bitten by the runtime library incompatibility problem on
> windows when I tried to load a C extension compiled with MSVC 2005
> (64-bit) into Python 2.5.
> 
> I realize that Python2.5 will continue to use MSVC 2003 for
> compatibility reasons, but I was curious if any thought had been given
> to the future of the 2.x series.

You are mistaken. The 64-bit versions (AMD64 and Itanium) are not
compiled using MSVC 2003 - this product does not even include
compilers for this platform. Instead, they are compiled with the
SDK compilers.

Regards,
Martin