>> ... or because Mingw32 doesn't provide the header files (in particular >> wrt. C++), or because linking with a library is necessary that uses the >> MSVC mangling, not the g++ one (again, for C++). > > Again, that would be code that’s not portable off Windows.
Probably (although it *is* possible to write code that compiles on Windows only with MSVC, and compiles fine on Unix with gcc). However, I wonder what you are trying to imply: that the code is useless if its not portable? That would be wrong: the code may well be very useful, and enjoy great popularity, even if it runs on Windows only. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
