- workaround to make 1.6 build under MSVC 5.0.  hopefully,
  trent (who broke it in the first place ;-) will come up
  with a cleaner solution.
diff --git a/Python/thread_nt.h b/Python/thread_nt.h
index 9e82a94..fb04f83 100644
--- a/Python/thread_nt.h
+++ b/Python/thread_nt.h
@@ -182,7 +182,11 @@
  */
 int PyThread_start_new_thread(void (*func)(void *), void *arg)
 {
+#if _MSC_VER >= 1200
 	INT_PTR rv;
+#else
+	unsigned long rv;
+#endif
 	int success = 0;
 
 	dprintf(("%ld: PyThread_start_new_thread called\n", PyThread_get_thread_ident()));