gh-131189: Fix "msvcrt" import warning on Linux when "_ctypes" is not available. (GH-131201)

plashchynski · web-flow · commit f320c951c322 · 2025-07-15T09:44:31.000+02:00
Fix "msvcrt" import warning on Linux when "_ctypes" is not available.

On Linux, compiling without "libffi" causes a
"No module named 'msvcrt'" warning when launching PyREPL.
diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/readline.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/readline.py
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@
 
 Console: type[ConsoleType]
 _error: tuple[type[Exception], ...] | type[Exception]
-try:
-    from .unix_console import UnixConsole as Console, _error
-except ImportError:
+
+if os.name == "nt":
     from .windows_console import WindowsConsole as Console, _error
+else:
+    from .unix_console import UnixConsole as Console, _error
 
 ENCODING = sys.getdefaultencoding() or "latin1"
 
