Fixed #6947 - SO extension varies under windows
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+- Issue #6947: Fix distutils test on windows. Patch by Hirokazu Yamamoto.
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 - Issue #4606: Passing 'None' if ctypes argtype is set to POINTER(...)
   does now always result in NULL.