[python-win32] Re: compilers to build pywin32

[Thomas Heller]

"Mark Hammond" <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> writes:

>> Is it not going to be possibile to use MSVC6 for 2.4 anymore? Rats. I
>> really need to work on that MinGW compatibility ....
>
> The official Python 2.4 release will be built using MSVC 7.1 - hence
> distutils defaults to using that compilter.  AFAIK no one is particularly
> interested in maintaining MSVC6 compatibility for 2.4, but it should
> certainly be "possible" :)

AFAIK, there's still an MSVC6 project file in CVS, and it still works.
But, an MSVC6 built Python needs all extension modules built with the
same compiler. Dito for 7.1.

Thomas