I know that there is a "Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7" but is there, currently or planned, a Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 3.4 or eve Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 3.x for that matter? It would be supremely beneficial if I didn't have to install a different version of visual studio on my entire lab.
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For the different python versions:
Visual C++ |CPython
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14.0 |3.5
10.0 |3.3, 3.4
9.0 |2.6, 2.7, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2
Source: Windows Compilers for py
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Visual Studio Community 2015 suffices to build extensions for Python 3.5. It's free but a 6 GB download (overkill). On my computer it installed vcvarsall at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat
For Python 3.4 you'd need Visual Studio 2010. I don't think there's any free edition. See https://matthew-brett.github.io/pydagogue/python_msvc.html
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