[PATCH 0 of 5] using ctypes on Windows

[Steve Borho]

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Adrian Buehlmann <adrian at cadifra.com> wrote:
> On 2011-02-08 18:05, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 17:52, Adrian Buehlmann <adrian at cadifra.com> wrote:
>>> The first patch ports win32.py to using Python's ctypes library
>>> on Windows (replacing pywin32).
>>
>> For those following along at home, can you outline (or point to a
>> previous outline) why this is better?
>
> I think for those actually knowing and using the Windows platform it is
> quite obvious.
>
> See also pmezard's previous remarks on this list.

Removing the dependency on pywin32 is a big win, going forward.  It's
one less configuration to worry about, and a lot less baggage to carry
in the binary installers.  pywin32 and demandimport have never played
well together.

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Steve Borho