[Python-Dev] PEP 11: Dropping support for ten year old systems

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> The other major system affected by this would be Windows 2000, for which
>> we already decided to not support it anymore.
> 
> Is there any 2000-specific code (as opposed to XP-compatible)?

Yes: a number of APIs didn't exist in W2k, so we currently use
LoadLibrary/GetProcAddress to call them. These can be replaced with
regular calls. _WINNT (or whatever the macro is called) then needs to
be bumped accordingly.

Regards,
Martin