[Patches] [ python-Patches-569753 ] Remove support for Win16

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Patches item #569753, was opened at 2002-06-16 16:32
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Category: Windows
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Remove support for Win16

Initial Comment:
This patch removes support for WIN16 from Python, to 
allow simplification of some obfuscated code (in 
particular in posixmodule). According to PC/readme.txt, 
16-bit Windows is not supported anymore.

In addition to removing this code, it also streamlines the 
usage of the macros: MS_WINDOWS is now 
synonymous to MS_WIN32, and the patch replaces all 
occurrences of MS_WIN32 with MS_WINDOWS. The 
definition of MS_WIN32 is left alone, for backwards 
compatibility.

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>Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2002-06-26 22:29

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I looked through the patch.  I didn't see any negative
effects on non-windows builds.
The change was almost always MS_WIN32 -> MS_WINDOWS.

I can't test the code though, since I don't have MS windows. :-)
Maybe we could remove all that useless windows code? :-)
Seriously, the patch seems fine and is probably a good idea,
but I can't really give any guidance, but the patch worked
fine on Linux.

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