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From: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com>
Subject: distutils without a compiler
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:49:51 +0100
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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 download compiler or similar?
-- 
Robin Becker