[wxPython-users] BitmapFromBuffer speed and proposal for wx.Bitmap.CopyFromBuffer

[Rob McMullen]

> FWIW, there is a no-charge version of the MS compiler available, plus
> you can compile python extensions with MinGW, though I don't think
> anyone has set up wxPython to be compiled that way.

I've used MinGW to build some extensions at work, and thought about
trying to get it to work for wxPython, but never took up the
challenge.

Back in the archives of python-users, there was some discussion about
the use of VC 2005 with Python, but since py is built with VC 2003,
there are library incompatibilities.  Bummer.

Rumor has it that py 2.6 will use VC 2005, but until then it appears
that there's no free (beer or speech) option for an end-to-end freely
compilable python system that works with existing binary extensions.

Rob