Stray variable meth_idx in enable_symlink

[ariccio]

BPO	25891
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @serhiy-storchaka, @zooba, @ariccio

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assignee = 'https://github.com/serhiy-storchaka'
closed_at = <Date 2015-12-18.08:08:19.065>
created_at = <Date 2015-12-16.22:41:41.028>
labels = ['build', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Stray variable meth_idx in enable_symlink'
updated_at = <Date 2015-12-18.08:08:19.064>
user = 'https://github.com/ariccio'

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creation = <Date 2015-12-16.22:41:41.028>
creator = 'Alexander Riccio'
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priority = 'normal'
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type = 'compile error'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue25891'
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[ariccio]

See: https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/tip/Modules/posixmodule.c#l12383

The variable int meth_idx is initialized but not used. I have no idea how it got there.

[python-dev]

New changeset 77bd84a6964a by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'default':
Issues bpo-25890, bpo-25891, bpo-25892: Removed unused variables in Windows code.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/77bd84a6964a