[Python-Dev] Removal of Win32 ANSI API

Tim Golden mail at timgolden.me.uk
Thu Nov 11 17:10:35 CET 2010


On 11/11/2010 16:07, Hirokazu Yamamoto wrote:
> Hello. Is it possible to remove Win32 ANSI API (ie: GetFileAttributesA)
> and only use Win32 WIDE API (ie: GetFileAttributesW)?
> Mainly in posixmodule.c.
> I think we can simplify the code hugely. (This means droping bytes
> support for os.stat etc on windows)
>
> # I recently did it for winsound.PlaySound with MvL's approval

+1 from me

TJG


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