From ab003dbdd994de6b1de5a20e348939576408917c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Schlaich Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 16:07:27 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Correct VS version in FAQ --- docs/faq.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index bfe830366..67b15129c 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -228,14 +228,14 @@ In addition to decreasing binary size, ``-fvisibility=hidden`` also avoids potential serious issues when loading multiple modules and is required for proper pybind operation. See the previous FAQ entry for more details. -Working with ancient Visual Studio 2009 builds on Windows +Working with ancient Visual Studio 2008 builds on Windows ========================================================= The official Windows distributions of Python are compiled using truly ancient versions of Visual Studio that lack good C++11 support. Some users implicitly assume that it would be impossible to load a plugin built with Visual Studio 2015 into a Python distribution that was compiled using Visual -Studio 2009. However, no such issue exists: it's perfectly legitimate to +Studio 2008. However, no such issue exists: it's perfectly legitimate to interface DLLs that are built with different compilers and/or C libraries. Common gotchas to watch out for involve not ``free()``-ing memory region that that were ``malloc()``-ed in another shared library, using data