> Isn't SHGetSpecialFolderPath() XP and newer only? MSDN documents: Minimum operating systems Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 with Internet Explorer 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0
> The patch is available at > http://bugs.python.org/issue1763. Maybe you have some time to review > it? Sure - I'll do my best to do that in the next 24 hours - feel free to prod if I don't :) > As far as I understand and remember the Windows API SHGetFolderPath() > and friends are retrieving the information from the registry. The shell > folder keys are (IIRC) REG_EXPAND_SZ keys which are expanded with the > function ExpandEnvironmentStrings(). So at the end CSIDL_APPDATA uses > the %APPDATA% env var -- unless I'm totally mistaken. I'm not sure exactly how that is implemented, and I'm not necessarily arguing you must call that function (eg, it's not hard to argue the env-var may be preferred, as it offers an easy override) - it's just that the PEP shouldn't be silent about the issue. Something I meant to mention was that supporting multiple "per-user" directories could be considered - that way CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA could be added later. YAGNI is easy to justify here, but now is the time to consider such issues. > PS: Have you tested the new PCbuild directory for VS 2008? Martin said > that you know how to create a new set of base addresses for pre- > linking. > dllbase_nt.txt is probably outdated. I'm afaid I haven't. The base-addresses are fairly easily tested - just import each and every module listed while running under the debugger - if you see messages in the output window telling you about relocation, you have a problem :) pywin32 is screaming for a new release (it didn't manage a single one in 2007!) and that is likely to happen before I get to play with the new-fangled stuff <wink> Mark _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
