Add some windows datatypes that were missing from this file, and add

the aliases defined in windows header files for the structures.

Lib/ctypes/wintypes.py

@@ -1,63 +1,107 @@
 ######################################################################
 #  This file should be kept compatible with Python 2.3, see PEP 291. #
 ######################################################################
-# XXX This module needs cleanup.
 
+# The most useful windows datatypes
 from ctypes import *
 
-DWORD = c_ulong
-WORD = c_ushort
 BYTE = c_byte
+WORD = c_ushort
+DWORD = c_ulong
+
+BOOLEAN = BYTE
+BOOL = c_long
+VARIANT_BOOL = c_short
 
 ULONG = c_ulong
 LONG = c_long
 
+# in the windows header files, these are structures.
 LARGE_INTEGER = c_longlong
 ULARGE_INTEGER = c_ulonglong
 
-
-HANDLE = c_ulong # in the header files: void *
-
-HWND = HANDLE
-HDC = HANDLE
-HMODULE = HANDLE
-HINSTANCE = HANDLE
-HRGN = HANDLE
-HTASK = HANDLE
-HKEY = HANDLE
-HPEN = HANDLE
-HGDIOBJ = HANDLE
-HMENU = HANDLE
-
-LCID = DWORD
+LPCOLESTR = LPOLESTR = OLESTR = c_wchar_p
+LPCWSTR = LPWSTR = c_wchar_p
+LPCSTR = LPSTR = c_char_p
 
 WPARAM = c_uint
 LPARAM = c_long
 
-BOOL = c_long
-VARIANT_BOOL = c_short
+ATOM = WORD
+LANGID = WORD
 
-LPCOLESTR = LPOLESTR = OLESTR = c_wchar_p
-LPCWSTR = LPWSTR = c_wchar_p
+COLORREF = DWORD
+LGRPID = DWORD
+LCTYPE = DWORD
 
-LPCSTR = LPSTR = c_char_p
+LCID = DWORD
+
+################################################################
+# HANDLE types
+HANDLE = c_ulong # in the header files: void *
+
+HACCEL = HANDLE
+HBITMAP = HANDLE
+HBRUSH = HANDLE
+HCOLORSPACE = HANDLE
+HDC = HANDLE
+HDESK = HANDLE
+HDWP = HANDLE
+HENHMETAFILE = HANDLE
+HFONT = HANDLE
+HGDIOBJ = HANDLE
+HGLOBAL = HANDLE
+HHOOK = HANDLE
+HICON = HANDLE
+HINSTANCE = HANDLE
+HKEY = HANDLE
+HKL = HANDLE
+HLOCAL = HANDLE
+HMENU = HANDLE
+HMETAFILE = HANDLE
+HMODULE = HANDLE
+HMONITOR = HANDLE
+HPALETTE = HANDLE
+HPEN = HANDLE
+HRGN = HANDLE
+HRSRC = HANDLE
+HSTR = HANDLE
+HTASK = HANDLE
+HWINSTA = HANDLE
+HWND = HANDLE
+SC_HANDLE = HANDLE
+SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE = HANDLE
+
+################################################################
+# Some important structure definitions
 
 class RECT(Structure):
     _fields_ = [("left", c_long),
                 ("top", c_long),
                 ("right", c_long),
                 ("bottom", c_long)]
-RECTL = RECT
+tagRECT = _RECTL = RECTL = RECT
+
+class _SMALL_RECT(Structure):
+    _fields_ = [('Left', c_short),
+                ('Top', c_short),
+                ('Right', c_short),
+                ('Bottom', c_short)]
+SMALL_RECT = _SMALL_RECT
+
+class _COORD(Structure):
+    _fields_ = [('X', c_short),
+                ('Y', c_short)]
 
 class POINT(Structure):
     _fields_ = [("x", c_long),
                 ("y", c_long)]
-POINTL = POINT
+tagPOINT = _POINTL = POINTL = POINT
 
 class SIZE(Structure):
     _fields_ = [("cx", c_long),
                 ("cy", c_long)]
-SIZEL = SIZE
+tagSIZE = SIZEL = SIZE
 
 def RGB(red, green, blue):
     return red + (green << 8) + (blue << 16)
@@ -65,6 +109,7 @@ def RGB(red, green, blue):
 class FILETIME(Structure):
     _fields_ = [("dwLowDateTime", DWORD),
                 ("dwHighDateTime", DWORD)]
+_FILETIME = FILETIME
 
 class MSG(Structure):
     _fields_ = [("hWnd", HWND),
@@ -73,6 +118,7 @@ class MSG(Structure):
                 ("lParam", LPARAM),
                 ("time", DWORD),
                 ("pt", POINT)]
+tagMSG = MSG
 MAX_PATH = 260
 
 class WIN32_FIND_DATAA(Structure):