Enable Windows projects to build with platform ARM32

[paulmon]

BPO	35976
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba, @paulmon
PRs	bpo-35976: Enable Windows projects to build with platform ARM32 #11825

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2019-02-14.16:52:09.981>
created_at = <Date 2019-02-12.04:02:51.232>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.8', 'OS-windows', 'build']
title = 'Enable Windows projects to build with platform ARM32'
updated_at = <Date 2019-02-14.16:52:09.980>
user = 'https://github.com/paulmon'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2019-02-14.16:52:09.980>
actor = 'steve.dower'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2019-02-14.16:52:09.981>
closer = 'steve.dower'
components = ['Build', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2019-02-12.04:02:51.232>
creator = 'Paul Monson'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 35976
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['335325', '335538', '335545']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['paul.moore', 'tim.golden', 'zach.ware', 'steve.dower', 'Paul Monson']
pr_nums = ['11825']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue35976'
versions = ['Python 3.8']

[zooba]

Just updating the title to reflect what the patch actually does in isolation - you probably should update the PR and NEWS items to match.

It's fine (probably preferred) to mention in the issue and PR text that it's been split out from another PR. But we have to account for the (very small) chance that this part is merged and the rest is not - in that case, having a standalone description of the change is much more helpful.

[zooba]

New changeset 8a1657b by Steve Dower (Paul Monson) in branch 'master':
bpo-35976: Enable Windows projects to build with platform ARM32 (GH-11825)
8a1657b

[zooba]

Thanks, Paul! Hopefully when you rebase the main change on top of this it will be easier to see the actual impact.