Re: [python-win32] Windows 10

2015-10-26 Thread eryksun
On 10/25/15, Laura Creighton wrote: > > Can I suggest a mailing list name change to reflect 64 bit windows? > python-windows would be my suggestion I agree. This list is about programming in Python on Windows, so python-windows is an obvious name and one that a novice

Re: [python-win32] Windows 10

2015-10-26 Thread eryksun
On 10/26/15, Zachary Turner wrote: > > It's not that "many programmers still refer to Windows API as Win32", it's > that the Windows API itself has decided that that is what it is called. > When you #define _WIN32 in a C or C++ program using the Windows API, it > does not mean

Re: [python-win32] Windows 10

2015-10-26 Thread Zachary Turner via python-win32
It's not that "many programmers still refer to Windows API as Win32", it's that the Windows API itself has decided that that is what it is called. When you #define _WIN32 in a C or C++ program using the Windows API, it does not mean "this is a 32-bit app", it means "I'm using the Windows API".