[Python-Dev] ctypes module

[Cristi Fati]

Hi all,

Not sure whether you got this question, or this is the right distribution
list:

Intel has deprecated Itanium architecture, and Windows also deprecated its
versions(currently 2003 and 2008) that run on IA64.

However Python (2.7.3) is compilable on Windows IA64, but ctypes module
(1.1.0) which is now part of Python is not (the source files have been
removed). What was the reason for its disablement?

I am asking because an older version of ctypes (1.0.2) which came as a
separate extension module (i used to compile it with Python 2.4.5) was
available for WinIA64; i found (and fixed) a nasty buffer overrun in it.

Regards,
Cristi Fati.
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