[Distutils] winreg module changes

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Greg Ward writes:
 > Yipes!  Is it enough to "import _winreg" instead of "winreg" and
 > continue to use the low-level interface?  Or was it not implemented like 
 > that in the end?

  _winreg is exactly yesterday's (even this morning's) winreg, aside
from the name.  It passes the old regression test, so it should work
fine for distutils.
  Is there a reason not to switch to the new winreg, or is just a
matter of time availability?


  -Fred

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