Ilias Lazaridis wrote: [snip..]
b) Why does the Python Foundation not ensure, that the python source-code is directly compilable with MinGW?
Why should they? It already runs on Windows with a freely available compiler.
Obvious: Courtesy [against the userbase needs]
Obvious: Consistency [same code-base across different compiler]
Are you aware that the MSVC compiler they use produces tighter code than gcc ? [1] *Most* users would rather have a faster python than a python built with an open source compiler. Particularly as distutils (read Python) can *easily* be configured to use mingw to build extensions from source - which seems to be your real requirement.
This is not relevant.
The Python Foundation should just ensure, that the source-code-base is compilable with MinGW on windows, too.
This is a very natural requirement.
There is really no need to 'fight' against this.
There is just a need to cooperate to achieve this.
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[1] Not knocking gcc - it's just optimsied for portability rather than speed. If you want to see *a* benchmark, there is a link to one in my 'upgrading python' article. (In the article section at http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shmtl )
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