[Cython] build cython-devel on Windows fails if MSVC not available

[Lisandro Dalcin]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Robert Bradshaw
<robertwb at math.washington.edu> wrote:
> On Nov 17, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Stefan Behnel wrote:
>
> I'm not sure the best way to check for compiler presence,

I´ll not follow that path. Checking for compilers is going to be a
nightmare. I´ll just try and catch errors if the C compiler fails for
whatever reason in any system and emit a one line (of perhaps a
three-line banner?) warning. All this by implementing in setup.py a
custom build_ext command inheriting from distutils one and passing a
'cmdclass' dict argument to setup() function.

> but it
> seems compiling should be the default as 99% of the users who use
> Cython will be using it with a compiler (otherwise, what's the point?).

What about if cross-compiling for other platforms? No idea if this
make sense, though ;-).


>>> Unless a user actually open and take a look at setup.py, there is no
>>> way to discover the '--no-cython-compile' flag.
>>
>> Yes, a good help message would be good.
>
> +1

OK, I´ll try to writhe a patch by tomorrow, and then send it for
review and comments.


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