When creating Python wrapper modules for COM libraries, comtypes imports symbols specified in __known_symbols__ from existing modules instead of generating them in the codebase.
__known_symbols__ was introduced in #360 to prevent unintentionally replacing symbols in Python wrapper modules when modifying the codebase to define new symbols.
However, __known_symbols__ also includes integer constants and Python utility symbols specific to the comtypes project. Their inclusion makes __known_symbols__ harder to read.
Moreover, if a constant with the same value already exists in the COM library, replacing it with an import is of little significance.
I propose removing unnecessary symbols that are not interfaces, structures, or unions.
When creating Python wrapper modules for COM libraries,
comtypesimports symbols specified in__known_symbols__from existing modules instead of generating them in the codebase.__known_symbols__was introduced in #360 to prevent unintentionally replacing symbols in Python wrapper modules when modifying the codebase to define new symbols.However,
__known_symbols__also includes integer constants and Python utility symbols specific to thecomtypesproject. Their inclusion makes__known_symbols__harder to read.Moreover, if a constant with the same value already exists in the COM library, replacing it with an import is of little significance.
I propose removing unnecessary symbols that are not interfaces, structures, or unions.