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r84810 | daniel.stutzbach | 2010-09-14 11:02:01 -0500 (Tue, 14 Sep 2010) | 1 line
Remove pointers to a FAQ entry that no longer exists. Incorporate some text from the old FAQ into the docs
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diff --git a/Doc/extending/windows.rst b/Doc/extending/windows.rst
index 8d1986f..6733666 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/windows.rst
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@
PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
-Change it to::
+Static type object initializers in extension modules may cause
+compiles to fail with an error message like "initializer not a
+constant". This shows up when building DLL under MSVC. Change it to::
PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
@@ -179,8 +181,6 @@
MyObject_Type.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
-Refer to section 3 of the `Python FAQ <http://www.python.org/doc/faq>`_ for
-details on why you must do this.
.. _dynamic-linking: