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authorSteve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>2015-01-24 16:18:24 (GMT)
committerSteve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>2015-01-24 16:18:24 (GMT)
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Closes #23253: Delay-load ShellExecute
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@@ -3024,6 +3024,10 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
doesn't work if it is. Use the :func:`os.path.normpath` function to ensure that
the path is properly encoded for Win32.
+ To reduce interpreter startup overhead, the Win32 :c:func:`ShellExecute`
+ function is not resolved until this function is first called. If the function
+ cannot be resolved, :exc:`NotImplementedError` will be raised.
+
Availability: Windows.