5>..\Modules\xxlimited.c(268): error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'xx_slots'
5>..\Modules\xxlimited.c(268): error C2059: syntax error : ';'
5>..\Modules\xxlimited.c(268): error C3409: empty attribute block is not allowed
5>..\Modules\xxlimited.c(268): error C2513: '/*global*/ ' : no variable declared before '='
5>..\Modules\xxlimited.c(269): error C2065: 'Py_mod_exec' : undeclared identifier
5>..\Modules\xxlimited.c(279): error C2065: 'xx_slots' : undeclared identifier
5>..\Modules\xxlimited.c(283): error C2099: initializer is not a constant
5>..\Modules\xxlimited.c(290): warning C4013: 'PyModuleDef_Init' undefined; assuming extern returning int
5>..\Modules\xxlimited.c(290): warning C4047: 'return' : 'PyObject *' differs in levels of indirection from 'int'

I believe it's down to r46496.

Which revision? Can you post a hash or issue number instead - in my repo r46496 is from a couple of years ago...

Try r96496 :(

It's more recent, but still only a doc change.

What's the description of the change you're referring to?

Following taken from tortoisehg workbench, the only file changed is setup.py so please don't ask.

Changeset: 96496 (6278f932fb29) upgrade xxlimited abi to 3.5
Branch:  3.5 
User: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: 2015-06-03 00:04:46 -0500 (11 hours)
Parent: 96494 (38ffea158630) Issue #24368: Support keyword arguments in OrderedDict methods.
Child: 96497 (6278231825a1)  default  merge 3.5

We need to bump the Py_LIMITED_API definition in PCbuild/xxlimited.vcxproj
as well.

New changeset b8bcc5507541 by Steve Dower in branch '3.5':
Issue #24376: xxlimited.c errors when building 32 and 64 bit on Windows
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b8bcc5507541

New changeset c802fba79554 by Steve Dower in branch 'default':
Issue #24376: xxlimited.c errors when building 32 and 64 bit on Windows
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c802fba79554

New changeset 31301b84ac8d by Steve Dower in branch 'default':
Issue #24376: Bumps xxlimited.vcxproj to use 3.6 limited ABI.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/31301b84ac8d

Mark, FYI the 'r' numbers are unique to each mercurial checkout and meaningless to anyone else.  Only the hash numbers can be used to compare revisions between different repositories.  (You *could* refer to the r number from the cpython repository as seen in the mercurial web interface to it, because other people could look that one up via the web interface, but it is best to get in the habit of always using the hash.)

Thanks for the comment David.  Last time I used any kind of change system in anger was Visual Source Safe 15 years ago, and VAX/VMS CMS/MMF(?) before that.  Where do I start with Mercurial?  I don't even know what the difference is between setting up the now default 3.6 and 3.5?

Now compiles, thanks guys :)