[New-bugs-announce] [issue26618] _overlapped extension module of asyncio uses deprecated WSAStringToAddressA() function

[STINNER Victor]

New submission from STINNER Victor:

The code should be updated to use WSAStringToAddressW().

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms742214%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Compilation warnings:

    20>..\Modules\overlapped.c(980): warning C4996: 'WSAStringToAddressA': Use WSAStringToAddressW() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [D:\buildarea\3.x.bolen-windows8\build\PCbuild\_overlapped.vcxproj]
    20>..\Modules\overlapped.c(991): warning C4996: 'WSAStringToAddressA': Use WSAStringToAddressW() instead or define _WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS to disable deprecated API warnings [D:\buildarea\3.x.bolen-windows8\build\PCbuild\_overlapped.vcxproj]

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components: Windows, asyncio
messages: 262256
nosy: gvanrossum, haypo, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, yselivanov, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: _overlapped extension module of asyncio uses deprecated WSAStringToAddressA() function
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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