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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/PC/getpathp.c b/PC/getpathp.c
index 1a50dd9..d73cd73 100644
--- a/PC/getpathp.c
+++ b/PC/getpathp.c
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ search_for_prefix(argv0_path, landmark)
}
#ifdef MS_WIN32
+#include "malloc.h" // for alloca - see comments below!
+extern const char *PyWin_DLLVersionString; // a string loaded from the DLL at startup.
+
/* Load a PYTHONPATH value from the registry.
Load from either HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
@@ -172,9 +175,23 @@ getpythonregpath(HKEY keyBase, BOOL bWin32s)
LONG rc;
char *retval = NULL;
char *dataBuf;
+ const char keyPrefix[] = "Software\\Python\\PythonCore\\";
+ const char keySuffix[] = "\\PythonPath";
+ int versionLen;
+ char *keyBuf;
+
+ // Tried to use sysget("winver") but here is too early :-(
+ versionLen = strlen(PyWin_DLLVersionString);
+ // alloca == no free required, but memory only local to fn.
+ // also no heap fragmentation! Am I being silly?
+ keyBuf = alloca(sizeof(keyPrefix)-1 + versionLen + sizeof(keySuffix)); // chars only, plus 1 NULL.
+ // lots of constants here for the compiler to optimize away :-)
+ memcpy(keyBuf, keyPrefix, sizeof(keyPrefix)-1);
+ memcpy(keyBuf+sizeof(keyPrefix)-1, PyWin_DLLVersionString, versionLen);
+ memcpy(keyBuf+sizeof(keyPrefix)-1+versionLen, keySuffix, sizeof(keySuffix)); // NULL comes with this one!
+
rc=RegOpenKey(keyBase,
- "Software\\Python\\PythonCore\\"
- MS_DLL_ID "\\PythonPath",
+ keyBuf,
&newKey);
if (rc==ERROR_SUCCESS) {
RegQueryInfoKey(newKey, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,