[issue17914] add os.cpu_count()

[Mark Summerfield]

Mark Summerfield added the comment:

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http://bugs.python.org/issue17914#msg188626
Victor Stenner says

"On Windows, GetSystemInfo() is called instead of reading an environment variable. I suppose that this function is more reliable."

>From my reading, and based on feedback from one of my customers, I believe he is correct and that GetSystemInfo() ought to be used on Windows. (It is available in pywin32 win32api.)

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