BUG: MSVCCompiler grows 'lib' & 'include' env strings exponentially. #7963
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Each time an MSVCCompiler was instantiated the old values of
os.environ['lib'] and os.environ['include'] were concatenated to the new
values set by initializing the distutils.msvc{,9}compiler.MSVCCompiler
base class. Consequently when the the old and new values of those
variables were the same, they doubled in size with each instantiation,
leading to quickly hitting the 32,768 character limit.
This is an alternative fix for #7926. It is somewhat more involved, but imho more obviously correct than the alternatives.