Phillip J. Eby wrote: > > As for the "use of a compiler other than the one that built Python itself", > that's not correct either. For example, it is common to build Python > extensions for Windows using distutils and the MinGW compiler, even though > Python itself is built with Visual C++. Also, it's possible to get the > distutils to build using the freeware version of Visual C++ as well.
Unfortunately there is a good deal of outdated information on the web that lists all sorts of hoops one needs to jump through to support a compiler such as MinGW. Or rather, used to have to jump through. Things are much easier now. Take Qt for example. Most people still refer to a webpage that lists lots of steps that are no longer needed, at least not with Python 2.4. -- Patrick K. O'Brien Orbtech http://www.orbtech.com Schevo http://www.schevo.org _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
