[issue1578269] Add os.symlink() and os.path.islink() support for Windows

[Jason R. Coombs]

Jason R. Coombs <jaraco at jaraco.com> added the comment:

I've been fighting a failing test in test_platform (when test.support.can_symlink() is True). Turns out the problem is caused by the fact that the Python DLL cannot be resolved when the executable isn't in the same directory (which is the case when launched from a symlink). I've created issue8342 to track this behavior.

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