[Python-ideas] Clang in distutils TAKE 2

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Eli Bendersky writes:

 > Do the best of my knowledge, Clang doen't produce MSVC ABI binaries
 > on Windows at this time. Isn't this a requirement for the official
 > Python build?

Sure, but AFAICS he's not suggesting that Clang be used for the
official build, only that it be available to users who build their
own.

I agree that it's extra rope for users who want to hang themselves by
using different compilers for the main executable and extensions, but
isn't that their problem?