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[Python-Dev] Backporting the 3.5+ Windows build project files to 2.7

Zachary Ware zachary.ware+pydev at gmail.com
Tue Jun 23 03:45:10 CEST 2015 
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal
<chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
>> I'd like to backport those new project files to 2.7,
>
> Would this change anything about how extensions are built?
>
> There is now the "ms compiler for 2.7" would that work? Or only in
> concert with VS2010 express?

It should have absolutely no impact on building extensions.  If it
does, that's a bug to be fixed.  Regular users of Python on Windows
(those who don't build their own) should have no idea that anything
has changed at all.

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Zach
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