Problems building C extension for Python 2.0

[Duncan Grisby]

In article <6niM5.3537$QH2.345644 at newsb.telia.net>,
 Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at effbot.org> wrote:

>> Yes. Python 2.0 is compiled with VC++ 6. VC++ 5 can't link with things
>> compiled with VC++ 6.
>
>fwiw, I have no trouble doing that, using VC5 with all
>possible service packs in place...  strange.

Oh well, maybe I was just behind with my service packs when I was last
using VC5.

>> You might be able to recompile Python itself with VC++ 5.
>
>replace "might be able to" with "can easily" -- I'm doing
>it all the time...

Really?  Don't you have anything better to do?

Cheers,

Duncan.

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