Why does Python link to Foundation?

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I can't see any reason for Python to link to Foundation, so I don't
think it should. Am I missing something?

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mactoolboxglue seems to be the culprit. I don't think linking to
Foundation is necessary, but it seems that CoreFoundation is (for now,
anyway).

locateResourcePy uses CoreFoundation, which is used in the public API
implementation of PyMac_GetAppletScriptFile.. however
PyMac_GetAppletScriptFile is not used anywhere! I would like to
remove it.

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Removing those unused functions, we're left with two functions that
require CoreServices:

PyMac_StrError
GetResource
HLock
HUnlock
ReleaseResource

PyMac_GetFullPathname
FSpMakeFSRef
FSMakeFSSpec
FSpMakeFSRef
FSRefMakePath

I think these two functions can safely be refactored so that their
functionality comes from elsewhere. Realistically, both of these
functions could probably be written in Python anyway (it sure sounds
like PyMac_GetFullPathname should be due to the comments)

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See patch at http://python.org/sf/1035255

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Fixed by patch bpo-1035255.

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Fixed by patch bpo-1035255.