*** Python-2.4c1/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py	Tue Nov 30 17:45:48 2004
--- msvccompiler.py	Tue Nov 30 18:43:28 2004
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*** 211,216 ****
--- 211,219 ----
              self.__macros = MacroExpander(self.__version)
          else:
              self.__root = r"Software\Microsoft\Devstudio"
+         self.initialized = False
+ 
+     def initialize(self):
          self.__paths = self.get_msvc_paths("path")
  
          if len (self.__paths) == 0:
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*** 290,295 ****
--- 293,299 ----
                  output_dir=None, macros=None, include_dirs=None, debug=0,
                  extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None, depends=None):
  
+ 	if not self.initialized: self.initialize()
          macros, objects, extra_postargs, pp_opts, build = \
                  self._setup_compile(output_dir, macros, include_dirs, sources,
                                      depends, extra_postargs)
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*** 381,386 ****
--- 385,391 ----
                             debug=0,
                             target_lang=None):
  
+ 	if not self.initialized: self.initialize()
          (objects, output_dir) = self._fix_object_args (objects, output_dir)
          output_filename = \
              self.library_filename (output_libname, output_dir=output_dir)
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*** 414,419 ****
--- 419,425 ----
                build_temp=None,
                target_lang=None):
  
+ 	if not self.initialized: self.initialize()
          (objects, output_dir) = self._fix_object_args (objects, output_dir)
          (libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs) = \
              self._fix_lib_args (libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs)