> According to the instructions received at #python-dev, I'm posting a
> new patch with the same fixes made on the most recent SVN sources
> (py3k). Actually the new patch does not include the fixes made on the
> GetFileAttributesEx wrappers since they have been removed in the SVN
> sources; however I would like to remember that removing that code
> will also break support for Windows 98 and Windows ME: it's true that
> they have it but only ASCII version is working.

Python has not been supporting Windows 98 anymore for quite some time
now. I don't see the need to support MSVC5, either. Since Windows 2000
isn't supported anymore, either, the LoadActCtxPointers function can
be dropped, and be replaced with a direct call to GetCurrentActCtx.