def initialize(self):
        self.__paths = []
        if "DISTUTILS_USE_SDK" in os.environ and "MSSdk" in os.environ and self.find_exe("cl.exe"):
            # Assume that the SDK set up everything alright; don't try to be
            # smarter
            self.cc = "cl.exe"
            self.linker = "link.exe"
            self.lib = "lib.exe"
            self.rc = "rc.exe"
            self.mc = "mc.exe"
        else:
            self.__paths = self.get_msvc_paths("path")

            if len (self.__paths) == 0:
                raise DistutilsPlatformError, \
                      ("Python was built with %s, "
                       "and extensions need to be built with the same "
                       "version of the compiler, but it isn't installed." % self.__product)

            self.cc = self.find_exe("cl.exe")
            self.linker = self.find_exe("link.exe")
            self.lib = self.find_exe("lib.exe")
            self.rc = self.find_exe("rc.exe")   # resource compiler
            self.mc = self.find_exe("mc.exe")   # message compiler
            self.set_path_env_var('lib')
            self.set_path_env_var('include')

        # extend the MSVC path with the current path
        try:
            for p in string.split(os.environ['path'], ';'):
                self.__paths.append(p)
        except __HOLE__:
            pass
        self.__paths = normalize_and_reduce_paths(self.__paths)
        os.environ['path'] = string.join(self.__paths, ';')

        self.preprocess_options = None
        if self.__arch == "Intel":
            self.compile_options = [ '/nologo', '/Ox', '/MD', '/W3', '/GX' ,
                                     '/DNDEBUG']
            self.compile_options_debug = ['/nologo', '/Od', '/MDd', '/W3', '/GX',
                                          '/Z7', '/D_DEBUG']
        else:
            # Win64
            self.compile_options = [ '/nologo', '/Ox', '/MD', '/W3', '/GS-' ,
                                     '/DNDEBUG']
            self.compile_options_debug = ['/nologo', '/Od', '/MDd', '/W3', '/GS-',
                                          '/Z7', '/D_DEBUG']

        self.ldflags_shared = ['/DLL', '/nologo', '/INCREMENTAL:NO']
        if self.__version >= 7:
            self.ldflags_shared_debug = [
                '/DLL', '/nologo', '/INCREMENTAL:no', '/DEBUG'
                ]
        else:
            self.ldflags_shared_debug = [
                '/DLL', '/nologo', '/INCREMENTAL:no', '/pdb:None', '/DEBUG'
                ]
        self.ldflags_static = [ '/nologo']

        self.initialized = True

    # -- Worker methods ------------------------------------------------
dataset/ETHPy150Open azoft-dev-team/imagrium/env/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py/MSVCCompiler.initialize