Scons error while compiling cpp bindings

[pwab]

I updated my Visual Studio 2019 instance, installed scons with pip and cloned the master. I got to the point where I should compile the cpp bindings. I encountered the following error:

C:\Daten\Workspace\GitHub\gdleapmotion\godot-cpp>scons platform=windows bits=64 generate_bindings=yes
scons: Reading SConscript files ...
TypeError: write() argument must be str, not bytes:
  File "C:\Daten\Workspace\GitHub\gdleapmotion\godot-cpp\SConstruct", line 148:
    env = Environment(ENV = os.environ)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Environment.py", line 990:
    apply_tools(self, tools, toolpath)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Environment.py", line 102:
    env.Tool(tool)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Environment.py", line 1810:
    tool(self)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Tool\__init__.py", line 303:
    self.generate(env, *args, **kw)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Tool\default.py", line 41:
    SCons.Tool.Tool(t)(env)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Tool\__init__.py", line 303:
    self.generate(env, *args, **kw)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Tool\mslink.py", line 314:
    msvc_setup_env_once(env)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Tool\MSCommon\vc.py", line 695:
    msvc_setup_env(env)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Tool\MSCommon\vc.py", line 814:
    d = msvc_find_valid_batch_script(env,version)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Tool\MSCommon\vc.py", line 762:
    d = script_env(vc_script, args=arg)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Tool\MSCommon\vc.py", line 621:
    stdout = common.get_output(script, args)
  File "c:\users\pwab\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\scons\SCons\Tool\MSCommon\common.py", line 238:
    sys.stderr.write(stderr)

[pwab]

This can be easily solved by using Python 64-bit instead of 32-bit.

[BastiaanOlij]

That makes a lot of sense because you're in the 64bit environment with the compiler as well.