Re: Fwd: Re: distutils without a compiler

2013-04-05 Thread Colin J. Williams
On 04/04/2013 9:30 PM, Colin J. Williams wrote: Original Message Subject: Re: distutils without a compiler Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:26:59 -0700 From: Ned Deily To

Re: distutils without a compiler

2013-04-02 Thread Ned Deily
In article <515aa9bf.4010...@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk>, Robin Becker wrote: > Is there a neat way to get distutils to report compiler absence? Most windows > users don't have a compiler so building extensions usually doesn't work. > > However, python's builtin batteries would allow pre-built py

distutils without a compiler

2013-04-02 Thread Robin Becker
Is there a neat way to get distutils to report compiler absence? Most windows users don't have a compiler so building extensions usually doesn't work. However, python's builtin batteries would allow pre-built pyds to be downloaded in lieu of an actual build. Has anyone created a fallback down