This change matters when you consider the PR #10079 which converts Py_INCREF() macro to a static inline function.

I'm not sure if it's ok to only modify pythoncore, or if the 38 other projects should be modified the same way?

On Unix, Python is now compiled with -Og:

       -Og Optimize debugging experience.  -Og enables optimizations that do
           not interfere with debugging. It should be the optimization level
           of choice for the standard edit-compile-debug cycle, offering a
           reasonable level of optimization while maintaining fast compilation
           and a good debugging experience.

You can instead add this to PCbuild/pyproject.props in the existing <ClCompile Condition="$(Configuration) == 'Debug'"> section that disables optimization globally in Debug configuration.

You can instead add this to PCbuild/pyproject.props in the existing section that disables optimization globally in Debug configuration.

Oh thanks, I will try that! I was looking for something similar, but I failed to find it in the Visual Studio UI.

You can instead add this to PCbuild/pyproject.props in the existing section that disables optimization globally in Debug configuration.

Oh, fantastic! I tried and it works as expected! It's exactly what I was looking for ;-) I didn't know pyproject.props.

Hi! The buildbot AMD64 Windows7 SP1 3.x has failed when building commit a05bef4.

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https://buildbot.python.org/all/#builders/40/builds/1057

Hi! The buildbot AMD64 Windows7 SP1 3.x has failed when building commit a05bef4.

Oh. I broke this buildbot for real :-( The compilation of the _decimal module fails:

            Creating library C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\amd64\_decimal_d.lib and object C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\amd64\_decimal_d.exp
    19>ClCompile:
         xmltok.c
    16>ClCompile:
         prep_cif.c
    21>ClCompile:
         multiprocessing.c
    19>ClCompile:
         Generating Code...
    17>_decimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mpd_del referenced in function PyDec_AsTuple [C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj]
    17>io.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol mpd_del [C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj]
    17>basearith.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mpd_uint_zero referenced in function _mpd_baseshiftl [C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj]
    17>io.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mpd_qresize referenced in function mpd_qset_string [C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj]
    17>C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\amd64\_decimal_d.pyd : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals [C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj]
(...)
       "C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj" (Build target) (17) ->
       (Link target) -> 
         _decimal.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mpd_del referenced in function PyDec_AsTuple [C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj]
         io.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol mpd_del [C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj]
         basearith.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mpd_uint_zero referenced in function _mpd_baseshiftl [C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj]
         io.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol mpd_qresize referenced in function mpd_qset_string [C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj]
         C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\amd64\_decimal_d.pyd : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals [C:\buildbot.python.org\3.x.kloth-win64\build\PCbuild\_decimal.vcxproj]

Hi! The buildbot AMD64 Windows8 3.x has failed when building commit a05bef4.

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https://buildbot.python.org/all/#builders/32/builds/1639

Hi! The buildbot AMD64 Windows10 3.x has failed when building commit a05bef4.

You can take a look here:

https://buildbot.python.org/all/#builders/3/builds/1566

It seems like my PR #10128 fixed the linker error.