Re: [Python-Dev] Status of C compilers for Python on Windows

On 10/29/2014 4:05 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
> On 29 October 2014 15:31, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote:>>> You can use Express editions of Visual Studio.>>>> IIUC, the express edition compilers are 32-bit only, and what you actually>> want are the "SDK compilers":>> https://github.com/cython/cython/wiki/64BitCythonExtensionsOnWindows>>>> These are freely downloadable by anyone, no msdn subscription required, but>> only if you know where to find them!>>>> AFAICT the main obstacle to using MSVC to build python extensions (assuming>> it can handle your code at all) is not anything technical, but rather that>> there's no clear and correct tutorial on how to do it, and lots of confusion>> and misinformation circulating.>> Would it help if I wrote a document explaining how to set up the MS> compilers (free and paid for) to allow building of Python extensions?> There are a few provisos:>> 1. A lot of it will be pretty trivial: "If you have Vistal Studio> (full edition), install it. Done."> 2. It will be out of date very fast as the situation for Python 3.5+> will be trivial across the board.> 3. I don't have anywhere particularly authoritative to host it (maybe> the Python Wiki?) and it could easily get lost in the huge swamp of> variously outdated, over-complicated, or otherwise alternative> documents available. Ideally I'd like someone to suggest an "official"> location I could use.

There is already a section in the devguide for building Python itself, 
with mostly the same info, except it may not be up to date.

> I don't want to do this if it won't be useful, as it'll take me a bit> of effort to confirm the process for the only non-trivial scenario> (64-bit Python 3.3/3.4 with free tools). But if people think it would> help, that's fine, I volunteer.

The devguide needs to be kept up to date.  If you open a tracker issue, 
put me as nosy to review and commit.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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