[python-win32] RE: compilers to build pywin32

[Ubergeek]

Mark Hammond wrote:
>>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" :)

If you're worried about the cost of upgrading to MSVC 7.1, the command 
line compiler is available as a free download from Microsoft.  It 
includes just about everything except the MFC and ATL class libraries. 
Here's the URL, but it's rather lengthy so you might want to just search 
msdn.microsoft.com for "Visual C++ toolkit".  Note that the "2003" and 
"7.1" version designations are synonymous.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=272be09d-40bb-49fd-9cb0-4bfa122fa91b&displaylang=en