[ruby-core:100434] [Ruby master Bug#17267] Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0

[ruby-core:100434] [Ruby master Bug#17267] Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0

[hsbt]

Issue #17267 has been reported by hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA).

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Bug #17267: Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17267

* Author: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Backport: 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN, 2.7: UNKNOWN
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https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/ext/win32/lib/Win32API.rb#L5 says "Win32API is deprecated after Ruby 1.9.1; use fiddle directly instead".

We have enough time to deprecate for this module.

Can we remove it from our repo?



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[ruby-core:100436] [Ruby master Feature#17267] Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0

[hsbt]

Issue #17267 has been updated by hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA).


The following gems still used win32api.rb.

```
hsbt@aluminium:~$ gem-codesearch "require \"win32api\""
/srv/gems/rinderon-0.0.0.1/lib/rinderon/window.rb:require "win32api"
hsbt@aluminium:~$ gem-codesearch "require 'win32api'"
/srv/gems/audio_player-1.0.2/lib/audio_player.rb:require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/easy_io-0.4.2/lib/easy_io.rb:  require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/external_api-1.0.3/lib/external_api.rb:require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/gap50-0.1.1/lib/gap50/preload.rb:    require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/green_shoes-1.1.374/lib/plugins/video.rb:      require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/iegrip-0.1.7/lib/iegrip.rb:require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/mini_term-0.1.3/lib/mini_term/windows.rb:  require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/reline-0.1.5/lib/reline/windows.rb:    require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/rubyinstaller-build-0.1.0/resources/files/reline/windows.rb:    require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/u3d-1.2.3/lib/u3d/utils.rb:        require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/ua-0.0.2/test/test5.rb:require 'win32api'
/srv/gems/undll32-0.3.3/README.md:Notice: it uses `require 'win32api'`, which may not work on your Linux or MacOS systems.
```


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Feature #17267: Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17267#change-88054

* Author: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/ext/win32/lib/Win32API.rb#L5 says "Win32API is deprecated after Ruby 1.9.1; use fiddle directly instead".

We have enough time to deprecate for this module.

Can we remove it from our repo?



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[ruby-core:100437] [Ruby master Feature#17267] Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0

[shyouhei]

Issue #17267 has been updated by shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe).


+1 for removal.

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Feature #17267: Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17267#change-88055

* Author: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/ext/win32/lib/Win32API.rb#L5 says "Win32API is deprecated after Ruby 1.9.1; use fiddle directly instead".

We have enough time to deprecate for this module.

Can we remove it from our repo?



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[ruby-core:100456] [Ruby master Feature#17267] Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0

[eregontp]

Issue #17267 has been updated by Eregon (Benoit Daloze).


I think it's fine as long as it's moved to a gem, so it can still be used when desired.

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Feature #17267: Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17267#change-88075

* Author: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/ext/win32/lib/Win32API.rb#L5 says "Win32API is deprecated after Ruby 1.9.1; use fiddle directly instead".

We have enough time to deprecate for this module.

Can we remove it from our repo?



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[ruby-core:100461] [Ruby master Feature#17267] Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0

[duerst]

Issue #17267 has been updated by duerst (Martin Dürst).


Eregon (Benoit Daloze) wrote in #note-4:
> I think it's fine as long as it's moved to a gem, so it can still be used when desired.

I agree with Benoit.

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Feature #17267: Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17267#change-88080

* Author: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/ext/win32/lib/Win32API.rb#L5 says "Win32API is deprecated after Ruby 1.9.1; use fiddle directly instead".

We have enough time to deprecate for this module.

Can we remove it from our repo?



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[ruby-core:100465] [Ruby master Feature#17267] Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0

[usa]

Issue #17267 has been updated by usa (Usaku NAKAMURA).


+1

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Feature #17267: Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17267#change-88084

* Author: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
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https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/ext/win32/lib/Win32API.rb#L5 says "Win32API is deprecated after Ruby 1.9.1; use fiddle directly instead".

We have enough time to deprecate for this module.

Can we remove it from our repo?



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[ruby-core:100769] [Ruby master Feature#17267] Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0

[hsbt]

Issue #17267 has been updated by hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA).

Assignee set to hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
Status changed from Open to Closed

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Feature #17267: Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17267#change-88412

* Author: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
* Status: Closed
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
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https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/ext/win32/lib/Win32API.rb#L5 says "Win32API is deprecated after Ruby 1.9.1; use fiddle directly instead".

We have enough time to deprecate for this module.

Can we remove it from our repo?



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[ruby-core:100800] [Ruby master Feature#17267] Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0

[eregontp]

Issue #17267 has been updated by Eregon (Benoit Daloze).


@hsbt Was it extracted to a gem?

BTW:
```
$ gem-codesearch "require.+Win32API" | wc -l
339
$ gem-codesearch -i "require.+win32api" | wc -l
355
```

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Feature #17267: Remove Win32API at Ruby 3.0
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17267#change-88443

* Author: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
* Status: Closed
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA)
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https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/ext/win32/lib/Win32API.rb#L5 says "Win32API is deprecated after Ruby 1.9.1; use fiddle directly instead".

We have enough time to deprecate for this module.

Can we remove it from our repo?



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