Ulrich Eckhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: "PythonCE project use xxxA functions for CE .NET 4.20 platform."
Look again. The PythonCE project adds a header and sourcefile (wince_compatibility.h/c) which adds these functions. In other words, it doesn't use the xxxA functions of the win32 API (which don't exist under CE) but its own replacements. I was thinking of going that way too, but in the end decided against it unless absolutely necessary. The point is that this approach allowed minimal changes to the Python code which still had to support the xxxA variants for win9x. However, since IIRC 2.6 support for win9x has been dropped, so now it makes much more sense to use the WCHAR APIs which is what all supported MS Windows versions use internally anyway. This allows code to work under CE unchanged, avoids unnecessary conversions and provides better Unicode support. BTW: in case somebody actually wants to resurrect the win9x support, there is a library from Microsoft that provides the xxxW functions for that platform. Of course that's not a cure but just a band-aid with reduced functionality, but at least it's possible. _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4075> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
