[Mingw-users] Visual C 7 compatibility

[Moore, P. <Pau...@at...>]

Currently, I can build Python extension DLLs using mingw, and these work
fine. However, there is a suggestion on the Python developers list that
the standard distribution of Python be "upgraded" to be built using
MSVC 7. If this happens, Python's runtime will use the new C runtime,
msvcr71.dll, which is reported to be incompatible with msvcrt.dll.
Should this happen, it will no longer be possible to build Python
extensions with mingw, without building a custom Python runtime as well.

Is there any way of linking mingw-built DLLs to use msvcr71 as the C
runtime? If not at present, are there any plans for this to be done in
the future?

Thanks,
Paul Moore