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diff --git a/PC/getpathp.c b/PC/getpathp.c
index d4366df4d9..760a5754fc 100644
--- a/PC/getpathp.c
+++ b/PC/getpathp.c
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ extern const char *PyWin_DLLVersionString;
Ex family of functions so it also works with Windows CE.
Returns NULL, or a pointer that should be freed.
+
+ XXX - this code is pretty strange, as it used to also
+ work on Win16, where the buffer sizes werent available
+ in advance. It could be simplied now Win16/Win32s is dead!
*/
static char *
@@ -279,6 +283,7 @@ getpythonregpath(HKEY keyBase, int skipcore)
}
RegCloseKey(subKey);
}
+ /* original datasize from RegQueryInfo doesn't include the \0 */
dataBuf = malloc((dataSize+1) * sizeof(TCHAR));
if (dataBuf) {
TCHAR *szCur = dataBuf;
@@ -299,8 +304,11 @@ getpythonregpath(HKEY keyBase, int skipcore)
if (skipcore)
*szCur = '\0';
else {
- *(szCur++) = _T(';');
- dataSize--;
+ /* If we have no values, we dont need a ';' */
+ if (numKeys) {
+ *(szCur++) = _T(';');
+ dataSize--;
+ }
/* Now append the core path entries -
this will include the NULL
*/