Clarifications on compiling for Windows

[Mensanator]

On Jan 8, 12:19 am, peteshinners <p... at shinners.org> wrote:
> My presentation for Pycon is coming together, but I need to make sure
> my information about compiling Python and Python extensions for
> Windows is correct. I'm really only experienced with this on the Linux
> side of things.
>
> First of all, is the Windows FAQ fairly up to date? Should people be
> referring to section 6 if they are going to build an application with
> an embedded Python interpreter?http://www.python.org/doc/faq/windows/#how-can-i-embed-python-into-a-...
>
> If I understand correctly, compiled extensions for Python on Windows
> should match the compiler that was used to build the interpreter
> itself? Is there a list somewhere that shows which version of msvc was
> used to compile the recent Python binaries?
>
> Thank you for feedback. I definitely want to make sure I have this
> correct before telling anybody else?

You aren't going to try it?