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Author	meador.inge
Recipients	amaury.forgeotdarc, belopolsky, benjamin.peterson, christian.heimes, dmi.baranov, ezio.melotti, jaraco, meador.inge, techtonik
Date	2013年08月22日.21:54:45
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Message-id	<1377208485.8.0.721778072329.issue16396@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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Using 'ctypes.wintypes' on non-Windows systems is most likely a bad idea. Most of the types are defined in terms of the types for the target that the interpreter is built for. Comparing serializations thereof in a cross platform manner doesn't make sense for a lot of cases. I really think it is only useful for Windows platforms and allowing it to silently import is misleading.

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Using 'ctypes.wintypes' on non-Windows systems is most likely a bad idea. Most of the types are defined in terms of the types for the target that the interpreter is built for. Comparing serializations thereof in a cross platform manner doesn't make sense for a lot of cases. 
I really think it is only useful for Windows platforms and allowing it to silently import is misleading.

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2013年08月22日 21:54:45	meador.inge	set	recipients: + meador.inge, amaury.forgeotdarc, jaraco, belopolsky, techtonik, christian.heimes, benjamin.peterson, ezio.melotti, dmi.baranov
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