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authorSSE4 <tomskside@gmail.com>2018-02-12 17:10:35 (GMT)
committerBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2018-02-12 17:10:35 (GMT)
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bpo-29248: Fix os.readlink() on Windows (GH-5577)
The PrintNameOffset field of the reparse data buffer was treated as a number of characters instead of bytes.
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+Fix :func:`os.readlink` on Windows, which was mistakenly treating the
+``PrintNameOffset`` field of the reparse data buffer as a number of
+characters instead of bytes. Patch by Craig Holmquist and SSE4.