Remove all mention of Windows IA-64 support (GH-3389)

It was mostly removed long ago.

command/build_ext.py

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class build_ext(Command):
             if self.plat_name == 'win32':
                 suffix = 'win32'
             else:
-                # win-amd64 or win-ia64
+                # win-amd64
                 suffix = self.plat_name[4:]
             new_lib = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, 'PCbuild')
             if suffix:

msvc9compiler.py

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ else:
 PLAT_TO_VCVARS = {
     'win32' : 'x86',
     'win-amd64' : 'amd64',
-    'win-ia64' : 'ia64',
 }
 
 class Reg:
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ class MSVCCompiler(CCompiler) :
         if plat_name is None:
             plat_name = get_platform()
         # sanity check for platforms to prevent obscure errors later.
-        ok_plats = 'win32', 'win-amd64', 'win-ia64'
+        ok_plats = 'win32', 'win-amd64'
         if plat_name not in ok_plats:
             raise DistutilsPlatformError("--plat-name must be one of %s" %
                                          (ok_plats,))
@@ -362,7 +361,6 @@ class MSVCCompiler(CCompiler) :
             # to cross compile, you use 'x86_amd64'.
             # On AMD64, 'vcvars32.bat amd64' is a native build env; to cross
             # compile use 'x86' (ie, it runs the x86 compiler directly)
-            # No idea how itanium handles this, if at all.
             if plat_name == get_platform() or plat_name == 'win32':
                 # native build or cross-compile to win32
                 plat_spec = PLAT_TO_VCVARS[plat_name]

msvccompiler.py

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def get_build_version():
 def get_build_architecture():
     """Return the processor architecture.
 
-    Possible results are "Intel", "Itanium", or "AMD64".
+    Possible results are "Intel" or "AMD64".
     """
 
     prefix = " bit ("

tests/test_util.py

@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ class UtilTestCase(support.EnvironGuard, unittest.TestCase):
         sys.platform = 'win32'
         self.assertEqual(get_platform(), 'win-amd64')
 
-        # windows XP, itanium
-        os.name = 'nt'
-        sys.version = ('2.4.4 (#71, Oct 18 2006, 08:34:43) '
-                       '[MSC v.1310 32 bit (Itanium)]')
-        sys.platform = 'win32'
-        self.assertEqual(get_platform(), 'win-ia64')
-
         # macbook
         os.name = 'posix'
         sys.version = ('2.5 (r25:51918, Sep 19 2006, 08:49:13) '

util.py

@@ -30,24 +30,14 @@ def get_platform ():
 
     Windows will return one of:
        win-amd64 (64bit Windows on AMD64 (aka x86_64, Intel64, EM64T, etc)
-       win-ia64 (64bit Windows on Itanium)
        win32 (all others - specifically, sys.platform is returned)
 
     For other non-POSIX platforms, currently just returns 'sys.platform'.
 
     """
     if os.name == 'nt':
-        # sniff sys.version for architecture.
-        prefix = " bit ("
-        i = sys.version.find(prefix)
-        if i == -1:
-            return sys.platform
-        j = sys.version.find(")", i)
-        look = sys.version[i+len(prefix):j].lower()
-        if look == 'amd64':
+        if 'amd64' in sys.version.lower():
             return 'win-amd64'
-        if look == 'itanium':
-            return 'win-ia64'
         return sys.platform
 
     # Set for cross builds explicitly