Cleanup some non-consistent API callings

[gongminmin]

BPO	35890
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @gongminmin, @zooba, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-35890 : Fix some API calling consistency #11742 bpo-35890 : Fix some API calling consistency #11742 bpo-35890 : Fix some API calling consistency #11742 bpo-20596: define a platform dependent Py_WCSTOK in Include/pyport.h,… #10286 bpo-35890: Use RegQueryInfoKeyW and CryptAcquireContextW for consistency #19974 [3.8] bpo-35890: Use RegQueryInfoKeyW and CryptAcquireContextW explicitly (GH-19974) #20189 [3.7] bpo-35890: Use RegQueryInfoKeyW and CryptAcquireContextW explicitly (GH-19974) #20190

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2019-02-03.04:27:23.438>
created_at = <Date 2019-02-02.22:08:35.873>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.8', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Cleanup some non-consistent API callings'
updated_at = <Date 2020-05-18.22:24:44.576>
user = 'https://github.com/gongminmin'

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activity = <Date 2020-05-18.22:24:44.576>
actor = 'steve.dower'
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closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2019-02-03.04:27:23.438>
closer = 'steve.dower'
components = ['Windows']
creation = <Date 2019-02-02.22:08:35.873>
creator = 'Minmin.Gong'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 35890
keywords = ['patch', 'patch', 'patch']
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pr_nums = ['11742', '11742', '11742', '10286', '19974', '20189', '20190']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue35890'
versions = ['Python 3.8']

[gongminmin]

1. Unicode version of Windows APIs are used in places, but not for GetVersionEx in Python/sysmodule.c
2. The wcstok_s is called on Windows in Modules/main.c and PC/launcher.c, but not in Python/pathconfig.c

[zooba]

New changeset 8ebc645 by Steve Dower (Minmin Gong) in branch 'master':
bpo-35890 : Fix some API calling consistency (GH-11742)
8ebc645

[zooba]

Thanks for the contribution!

[zooba]

Thanks for the additional cleanup. In future, we'd still like a separate issue for new changes (that aren't fixing up something caused by the earlier change).

[zooba]

New changeset 98e42d1 by Minmin Gong in branch 'master':
bpo-35890: Use RegQueryInfoKeyW and CryptAcquireContextW explicitly (GH-19974)
98e42d1

[miss-islington]

New changeset 460eac2 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
bpo-35890: Use RegQueryInfoKeyW and CryptAcquireContextW explicitly (GH-19974)
460eac2

[zooba]

New changeset 930badd by Steve Dower in branch '3.7':
bpo-35890: Use RegQueryInfoKeyW and CryptAcquireContextW explicitly (GH-19974)
930badd