Win32All On 64-Bit Operating Systems

[Tim Daneliuk]

I have a pure-Python program developed on a POSIX platform (FreeBSD) that
I'd like to make fully compatible with Windows systems as well.  The only
conflict arises insofar as this program makes considerable use of the
stat UID and GID values, as well as their corresponding user- and group
names.  Since Windows has not grp and pwd modules, I need to synthesize
this.

In the past, I've solved this problem by detecting the presence of Win32All.
If present, I do the necessary magic to return the true UID/name, GID/name
info from Windows itself.  If not, I return UID/GID as provided by an
os.stat call and use the phoby names "winuser" and "wingroup" respectively.

Now for the question:  Is there even an instance of Win32All for 64-bit
OSs like Vista and Win7?  If not, I'm inclined not bother with it at all
and just return the phony values as placeholders because I do not want
different features on 32- and 64-bit platforms.

Thanks,
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