Message 79786 - Python tracker

>   Would you be happier if this functionality was exposed via _msvcrt and
> disabled in the test suite (either globally or selectively)?  Obviously
> this is still not thread-safe, but it is closer towards putting this
> behaviour in the control of the app itself.

Adding stuff into _msvcrt is fine with me. I guess the debate then might
be what the default should be. I personally don't care at all, as I
rarely ever use the debug build on Windows in the first place.