[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Feature Requests-3613075 ] GCC-compiled pywin32

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Feature Requests item #3613075, was opened at 2013-05-10 15:47
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Category: win32
Group: Next Release (example)
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 6
Private: No
Submitted By: KHALAK Vasyl (khalak)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: GCC-compiled pywin32

Initial Comment:
Could we have a GCC-compiled pywin32? It would be awesome for Cygwin users.

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>Comment By: KHALAK Vasyl (khalak)
Date: 2013-05-10 17:17

Message:
ok, distutils supports 'cygwinccompiler', and just for the record: GCC is
heavily used in Cygwin (no 'msvc9compiler' whatsoever), and offers an
additional Unix-like compatibility layer, what in turn opens a wide gate
for Unix-like programs to run them on Windows with no or little code
modification. That is, Cygwin+GCC => Windows+Unix (and you still can
compile Windows-only programs with MSVC, and maybe, just may-be, run them
on Unix also)

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Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2013-05-10 17:08

Message:
I guess you'd first work out what support distutils has for building with
GCC on Windows, then you'd look at setup.py to see how you would adapt
that.  Personally I've never used GCC on Windows and have no idea why
anyone would want to, so have no interest in this whatsoever.

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Comment By: KHALAK Vasyl (khalak)
Date: 2013-05-10 17:04

Message:
any ideas what to look at?

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Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2013-05-10 16:58

Message:
Patches welcome!

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