# HG changeset patch
# User Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>
# Date 1436905503 25200
#      Tue Jul 14 13:25:03 2015 -0700
# Branch 3.5
# Node ID f94f04dc475f34184707d0f3e5a7560f8c670aab
# Parent  7021d46c490e8d9d3422737c69980dc1602f90db
Issue #24634: Importing uuid should not try to load libc on Windows

diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py
--- a/Lib/uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py
@@ -459,20 +459,22 @@
 _uuid_generate_random = _uuid_generate_time = _UuidCreate = None
 try:
     import ctypes, ctypes.util
+    import sys
 
     # The uuid_generate_* routines are provided by libuuid on at least
     # Linux and FreeBSD, and provided by libc on Mac OS X.
-    for libname in ['uuid', 'c']:
-        try:
-            lib = ctypes.CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library(libname))
-        except Exception:
-            continue
-        if hasattr(lib, 'uuid_generate_random'):
-            _uuid_generate_random = lib.uuid_generate_random
-        if hasattr(lib, 'uuid_generate_time'):
-            _uuid_generate_time = lib.uuid_generate_time
-            if _uuid_generate_random is not None:
-                break  # found everything we were looking for
+    if not sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+        for libname in ['uuid', 'c']:
+            try:
+                lib = ctypes.CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library(libname))
+            except Exception:
+                continue
+            if hasattr(lib, 'uuid_generate_random'):
+                _uuid_generate_random = lib.uuid_generate_random
+            if hasattr(lib, 'uuid_generate_time'):
+                _uuid_generate_time = lib.uuid_generate_time
+                if _uuid_generate_random is not None:
+                    break  # found everything we were looking for
 
     # The uuid_generate_* functions are broken on MacOS X 10.5, as noted
     # in issue #8621 the function generates the same sequence of values
@@ -481,7 +483,6 @@
     #
     # Assume that the uuid_generate functions are broken from 10.5 onward,
     # the test can be adjusted when a later version is fixed.
-    import sys
     if sys.platform == 'darwin':
         import os
         if int(os.uname().release.split('.')[0]) >= 9: