[Python-Dev] Supporting Visual Studio 2010

Scott Dial scott+python-dev at scottdial.com
Tue Apr 5 01:12:12 CEST 2011


On 4/4/2011 6:43 PM, Michael Foord wrote:
> Won't that still be an issue despite the stable ABI? Extensions on
> Windows should be linked to the same version of MSVCRT used to compile
> Python - and every time we switch version of Visual Studio it is usually
> accompanied by a switch in MSVCRT version.

My understanding (but I haven't looked closely) was that the stable ABI
specifically excluded anything that would expose a problem due to a CRT
mismatch -- making this a moot point. I'm sure Martin will correct me if
I am wrong.

-Scott

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