Merge pull request #201 from anthrotype/msvcrt90-cp27

replace vector.data() with &vector[0] for MSVC90 compatibility

appveyor.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ environment:
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python27-x64"
       PYTHON_VERSION: "2.7.x"
       PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
-      WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION: "v7.1"
+      WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION: "v7.0"
 
     - PYTHON: "C:\\Python34-x64"
       PYTHON_VERSION: "3.4.x"

python/brotlimodule.cc

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static PyObject* brotli_decompress(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) {
 
   ok = BrotliDecompress(in, out);
   if (ok) {
-    ret = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((char*)output.data(), output.size());
+    ret = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((char*)(output.size() ? &output[0] : NULL), output.size());
   } else {
     PyErr_SetString(BrotliError, "BrotliDecompress failed");
   }

setup.py

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+try:
+    import setuptools
+except:
+    pass
 import distutils
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
@@ -9,19 +13,6 @@ import re
 
 CURR_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 
-# when compiling for Windows Python 2.7, force distutils to use Visual Studio
-# 2010 instead of 2008, as the latter doesn't support c++0x
-if platform.system() == 'Windows':
-    try:
-        import distutils.msvc9compiler
-    except distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError:
-        pass  # importing msvc9compiler raises when running under MinGW
-    else:
-        orig_find_vcvarsall = distutils.msvc9compiler.find_vcvarsall
-        def patched_find_vcvarsall(version):
-            return orig_find_vcvarsall(version if version != 9.0 else 10.0)
-        distutils.msvc9compiler.find_vcvarsall = patched_find_vcvarsall
-
 
 def get_version():
     """ Return BROTLI_VERSION string as defined in 'tools/version.h' file. """