Building python C++ extension modules using MS VC++ 2005?

[Bo Peng]

Sandra-24 wrote:
> You can use 2005 to build extensions for Python 2.5. I've done this
> with several extensions, both my own and others. I do not know if you
> can use it for Python 2.4, so I won't advise you on that. I thought
> Microsoft made its C/C++ compiler, version 7.1 (2003) freely available
> as a command line tool. If you can't find it on their site, ask around,
> I'm sure a lot of people have it. Probably you'll also find someone has
> put it up somewhere if you search on google. Try 2005 first and see
> what happens though.

But how exactly should I do it? I installed VC8 and get the all-familiar 
error message: Python was built with Visual Stuidio 2003 ....

Actually, I get a copy of VC6/2003 but this compiler can not compile 
boost 1.33.1/serialization so it can not be used to compile my extension 
module.

Bo