-- from Trent Mick: [Patch #101010] replace use of INT_PTR
with uintptr_t (fix MSVC 5.0 build)
diff --git a/PC/config.h b/PC/config.h
index 9b68373..f1b0de7 100644
--- a/PC/config.h
+++ b/PC/config.h
@@ -241,13 +241,13 @@
/* End of compilers - finish up */
-/* define the ANSI intptr_t type for portable use of a pointer sized
- integer */
+/* define some ANSI types that are not defined in earlier Win headers */
#if _MSC_VER >= 1200 /* This file only exists in VC 6.0 or higher */
#include <basetsd.h>
#endif
#if defined(MS_WINDOWS) && !defined(MS_WIN64)
typedef long intptr_t;
+typedef unsigned long uintptr_t;
#endif
#if defined(MS_WIN64)
diff --git a/Python/thread_nt.h b/Python/thread_nt.h
index 9d41820..5e295cb 100644
--- a/Python/thread_nt.h
+++ b/Python/thread_nt.h
@@ -161,11 +161,7 @@
*/
int PyThread_start_new_thread(void (*func)(void *), void *arg)
{
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1200
- INT_PTR rv;
-#else
- unsigned long rv;
-#endif
+ uintptr_t rv;
int success = 0;
dprintf(("%ld: PyThread_start_new_thread called\n", PyThread_get_thread_ident()));