bpo-30581: Backport to 3.6: Windows: os.cpu_count() returns wrong number of processors by crwilcox · Pull Request #3267

bpo-30581: Backport to 3.6: Windows: os.cpu_count() returns wrong number of processors by crwilcox · Pull Request #3267 · python/cpython

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* Fixes python#30581 by adding a path to use newer GetMaximumProcessorCount API on Windows calls to os.cpu_count()

* Add NEWS.d entry for bpo-30581, os.cpu_count on Windows.

* Tweak NEWS entry

crwilcox changed the title ~~Backport bp0-30581 to 3.6: Windows: os.cpu_count() returns wrong number of processors~~ bp0-30581: Backport to 3.6: Windows: os.cpu_count() returns wrong number of processors

Sep 1, 2017

crwilcox changed the title ~~bp0-30581: Backport to 3.6: Windows: os.cpu_count() returns wrong number of processors~~ bpo-30581: Backport to 3.6: Windows: os.cpu_count() returns wrong number of processors

Sep 1, 2017

Thank you for the backport! Now merging.