diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -1322,14 +1322,14 @@ There are several ways to load shared libraries into the Python process.  One
way is to instantiate one of the following classes:


-.. class:: CDLL(name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None, use_errno=False, use_last_error=False)

   Instances of this class represent loaded shared libraries. Functions in these
   libraries use the standard C calling convention, and are assumed to return
   :c:type:`int`.


-.. class:: OleDLL(name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None, use_errno=False, use_last_error=False)

   Windows only: Instances of this class represent loaded shared libraries,
   functions in these libraries use the ``stdcall`` calling convention, and are
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ way is to instantiate one of the following classes:
      :exc:`WindowsError` used to be raised.


-.. class:: WinDLL(name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None, use_errno=False, use_last_error=False)

   Windows only: Instances of this class represent loaded shared libraries,
   functions in these libraries use the ``stdcall`` calling convention, and are
@@ -1394,6 +1394,17 @@ the Windows error code which is managed by the :func:`GetLastError` and
:func:`ctypes.set_last_error` are used to request and change the ctypes private
copy of the windows error code.

.. data:: RTLD_GLOBAL
   :noindex:


diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -3079,6 +3079,36 @@ to be ignored.
   :func:`signal.signal`.


.. function:: execl(path, arg0, arg1, ...)
              execle(path, arg0, arg1, ..., env)
              execlp(file, arg0, arg1, ...)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -168,6 +168,16 @@ asyncio
On Windows, the default event loop is now :class:`~asyncio.ProactorEventLoop`.


gettext
-------

@@ -238,6 +248,13 @@ Added new function, :func:`math.prod`, as analogous function to :func:`sum`
that returns the product of a 'start' value (default: 1) times an iterable of
numbers. (Contributed by Pablo Galindo in :issue:`35606`)


os.path
-------
@@ -727,6 +744,19 @@ Changes in the Python API
  environment variable and does not use :envvar:`HOME`, which is not normally
  set for regular user accounts.


Changes in the C API
--------------------

diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ class CDLL(object):

    def __init__(self, name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None,
                 use_errno=False,
-                 use_last_error=False):
        self._name = name
        flags = self._func_flags_
        if use_errno:
@@ -341,6 +342,15 @@ def __init__(self, name, mode=DEFAULT_MODE, handle=None,
            """
            if name and name.endswith(")") and ".a(" in name:
                mode |= ( _os.RTLD_MEMBER | _os.RTLD_NOW )

        class _FuncPtr(_CFuncPtr):
            _flags_ = flags

diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_loading.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_loading.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
from ctypes import *
import os
import sys
import unittest
import test.support
from ctypes.util import find_library
@@ -112,5 +115,65 @@ def test_1703286_B(self):
        # This is the real test: call the function via 'call_function'
        self.assertEqual(0, call_function(proc, (None,)))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
import platform
import py_compile
import random
import stat
import sys
import threading
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@
import textwrap
import errno
import contextlib

import test.support
from test.support import (
@@ -460,6 +463,51 @@ def run():
        finally:
            del sys.path[0]


@skip_if_dont_write_bytecode
class FilePermissionTests(unittest.TestCase):

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-03-18-11-44-49.bpo-36085.mLfxfc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-03-18-11-44-49.bpo-36085.mLfxfc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@