[Python-Dev] compiling python2.5 (msys+mingw+wine) - giving up using msvcr80 assemblies for now

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>  ok, there's a solution for that - the gist of the solution is already
> implemented in things like Apache Runtime and Apache2 (modules), and
> is an extremely common standard technique implemented in OS kernels.
> the "old school" name for it is "vector tables".

We might be able to do that in Python 4; it would certainly require
a PEP.

>> No, Python 2.5 is linked with msvcr71.dll.
> 
>  ehn? i don't see that anywhere in any PC/* files - i do see that
> there's a dependency on .NET SDK 1.1 which uses msvcr71.dll

Take a look at PCbuild/pythoncore.vcproj. It says

        Version="7.10"

This is how you know VS 2003 was used to build Python 2.5, which
in turn links in msvcr71.dll.

Regards,
Martin