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gh-149831: Fix ctypes wrong DLL library name for CYGWIN. #149832

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gh-149831: fix wrong DLL library name for CYGWIN.
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -549,9 +549,11 @@ def LoadLibrary(self, name):

if _os.name == "nt":
pythonapi = PyDLL("python dll", None, _sys.dllhandle)
elif _sys.platform in ["android", "cygwin"]:
elif _sys.platform == "android":
# These are Unix-like platforms which use a dynamically-linked libpython.
pythonapi = PyDLL(_sysconfig.get_config_var("LDLIBRARY"))
elif _sys.platform == "cygwin":
pythonapi = PyDLL(_sysconfig.get_config_var("DLLLIBRARY"))
else:
pythonapi = PyDLL(None)

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