[PATCH] Issue 3832 - STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW not available on WinNT Python 2.6.6

[Siddharth Agarwal]

On 02/19/2013 01:11 AM, Steve Barnes wrote:
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> # HG changeset patch
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> # User Steve Barnes <gadgetsteve at hotmail.com>
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> # Date 1361263154 0
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> # Node ID 97b7c13ff8173c257143b9bcabb8ad726ade98cc
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> # Parent 5fe53db61aa433018de8b0ee296db868f666cee7
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> util: cope with missing subprocess.startf_useshowwindow in python 
> 2.6.x on nt (issue3832)
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This is too long. I'd suggest something like

"util: hardcode STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW"

with a note in the full message explaining why (it isn't present in some 
newer versions of Python).

> -    startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
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> +    if hasattr(subprocess, 'STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW'):  # Not all 
> pythons have this
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> +        startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
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Why not just hardcode the value? That's 1 according to 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms686331%28v=vs.85%29.aspx.