Issue #15782: Prevent compile errors of OS X Carbon modules _Fm, _Qd, and
_Qdoffs when compiling with an SDK of 10.7 or later. The OS X APIs they
wrap have long been deprecated and have now been removed with 10.7.
These modules were already empty for 64-bit builds and have been removed
in Python 3. (Original patch by Ronald Oussoren.)
diff --git a/Doc/library/carbon.rst b/Doc/library/carbon.rst
index 3eebd85..40b76ef 100644
--- a/Doc/library/carbon.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/carbon.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
Mac OS Toolbox Modules
**********************
-There are a set of modules that provide interfaces to various Mac OS toolboxes.
+These are a set of modules that provide interfaces to various legacy Mac OS toolboxes.
If applicable the module will define a number of Python objects for the various
structures declared by the toolbox, and operations will be implemented as
methods of the object. Other operations will be implemented as functions in the
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
.. note::
- The Carbon modules have been removed in Python 3.
+ Most of the OS X APIs that these modules use are deprecated or removed
+ in recent versions of OS X. Many are not available when Python is
+ executing in 64-bit mode. The Carbon modules have been removed in
+ Python 3. You should avoid using them in Python 2.
:mod:`Carbon.AE` --- Apple Events
diff --git a/Doc/library/mac.rst b/Doc/library/mac.rst
index 7ac1ca2..d66931c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mac.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mac.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
.. note::
- These modules are deprecated and have been removed in Python 3.x.
+ Most of the OS X APIs that these modules use are deprecated or removed
+ in recent versions of OS X. Many are not available when Python is
+ executing in 64-bit mode. These modules have been removed in
+ Python 3. You should avoid using them in Python 2.
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