On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Steve Dower <steve.do...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Steve Dower <steve.do...@microsoft.com> >> wrote: >>> What this means for Python is that C extensions for Python 3.5 and later >>> can be built using any version of MSVC from 14.0 and later. >> >> Oh, if only this had been available for 2.7!! Actually... this means that >> 14.0 would be a good target for a compiler change for 2.7.x, if such a >> change is ever acceptable. > > Maybe, but I doubt it will ever be acceptable :)
Well, there were discussions. Since Python 2.7's support is far exceeding the Microsoft promise of support for the compiler it was built on, there's going to be a problem, one way or the other. I don't know how that's going to end up being resolved. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
