Improve build support on xbox #102255
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Add `MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP`, `MS_WINDOWS_APPS`, `MS_WINDOWS_SYSTEM` and `MS_WINDOWS_GAMES` preprocessor definitions to allow switching off functionality missing from particular API partitions ("partitions" are used in Windows to identify overlapping subsets of APIs).
CPython only officially supports `MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP` and `MS_WINDOWS_SYSTEM` (APPS is included by normal desktop builds, but APPS without DESKTOP is not covered). Other configurations are a convenience for people building their own runtimes.
`MS_WINDOWS_GAMES` is for the Xbox subset of the Windows API, which is also available on client OS, but is restricted compared to `MS_WINDOWS_DESKTOP`. These restrictions may change over time, as they relate to the build headers rather than the OS support, and so we assume that Xbox builds will use the latest available version of the GDK.
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Thanks @maxbachmann! This was a huge effort, but I think it's worth it. Don't shy away from adjusting things we decided here if it seems important - nothing we changed should count as a public API change, so we can revert or modify if needed. |
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…t type (GH-102583) Since we pass a structure of type `OSVERSIONINFOEX`, we need to call `GetVersionEx` instead of `GetVersionExW`.
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…rgument type (pythonGH-102583) Since we pass a structure of type `OSVERSIONINFOEX`, we need to call `GetVersionEx` instead of `GetVersionExW`.
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…rgument type (pythonGH-102583) Since we pass a structure of type `OSVERSIONINFOEX`, we need to call `GetVersionEx` instead of `GetVersionExW`.
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Feature or enhancement
Since there are probably more game studios using Python for their game scripting, it would be great to have better build support for CPython on the xbox. The xbox runs a windows, but does not provide all the APIs cpython is using under windows.
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