bpo-41172: Fix check for compiler in test suite (GH-21400)

miss-islington · zooba · web-flow · commit c65ee555124a · 2020-07-09T11:12:07.000-07:00
(cherry picked from commit af56c4f) Co-authored-by: Steve Dower <steve.dower@python.org>
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -2733,9 +2733,15 @@ def missing_compiler_executable(cmd_names=[]):
     missing.
 
     """
-    from distutils import ccompiler, sysconfig, spawn
+    from distutils import ccompiler, sysconfig, spawn, errors
     compiler = ccompiler.new_compiler()
     sysconfig.customize_compiler(compiler)
+    if compiler.compiler_type == "msvc":
+        # MSVC has no executables, so check whether initialization succeeds
+        try:
+            compiler.initialize()
+        except errors.DistutilsPlatformError:
+            return "msvc"
     for name in compiler.executables:
         if cmd_names and name not in cmd_names:
             continue
