dynload_next.c is obsolete

[pitrou]

BPO	32386
Nosy	@ronaldoussoren, @pitrou, @benjaminp, @ned-deily
PRs	remove the dynload_next.c file (closes bpo-32386) #4957

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closed_at = <Date 2017-12-22.05:43:13.760>
created_at = <Date 2017-12-20.15:44:33.302>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.7']
title = 'dynload_next.c is obsolete'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue32386'
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[pitrou]

The configure scripts has the following comment:
"""Use dynload_next.c only on 10.2 and below, which don't have native dlopen()"""

It seems dynload_next.c can be removed now.

[benjaminp]

New changeset 62ed6be by Benjamin Peterson in branch 'master':
remove the dynload_next.c file (closes bpo-32386) (bpo-4957)
62ed6be