Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 3.4

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.

Unfortunately to be able to use the extension modules provided by others you'll be forced to use the official compiler to compile Python. These are:

Visual Studio 2008 for Python 2.7. See: https://docs.python.org/2.7/using/windows.html#compiling-python-on-windows
Visual Studio 2010 for Python 3.4. See: https://docs.python.org/3.4/using/windows.html#compiling-python-on-windows

Alternatively, you can use MinGw to compile extensions in a way that won't depend on others.

See: https://docs.python.org/2/install/#gnu-c-cygwin-MinGW or https://docs.python.org/3.4/install/#gnu-c-cygwin-mingw

This allows you to have one compiler to build your extensions for both versions of Python, Python 2.x and Python 3.x.

For the different python versions:

Visual C++ |CPython
--------------------
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

Also refer: this answer

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

Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 3.4

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