[Python-Dev] Moving Python 3.5 on Windows to a new compiler

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Steve Dower <Steve.Dower at microsoft.com> wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Steve Dower <Steve.Dower at microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> What this means for Python is that C extensions for Python 3.5 and later can be built using any version of MSVC from 14.0 and later.
>>
>> Oh, if only this had been available for 2.7!! Actually... this means that 14.0 would be a good target for a compiler change for 2.7.x, if such a change is ever acceptable.
>
> Maybe, but I doubt it will ever be acceptable :)

Well, there were discussions. Since Python 2.7's support is far
exceeding the Microsoft promise of support for the compiler it was
built on, there's going to be a problem, one way or the other. I don't
know how that's going to end up being resolved.

ChrisA