site-packages

More Python shenanigans.

C:\Daten>py -3.6 -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('platlib', 'nt_user'))"
C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python36\site-packages

C:\Daten>py -3.6-32 -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('platlib', 'nt_user'))"
C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python36\site-packages

Am I missing something? Otherwise, would someone please explain why this was considered anything but a recipe for disaster?

Let me illustrate …

C:\Daten> py -3.6 -m pip install --user pywin32
[... installs ... ]

C:\Daten> py -3.6-32 -m pip install --user pywin32
[...]
Requirement already satisfied: pywin32 in C:\Users\me\appdata\roaming\python\python36\site-packages (223)

C:\Daten> py -3.6-32
Python 3.6.6 (v3.6.6:4cf1f54eb7, Jun 27 2018, 02:47:15) [MSC v.1900 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import win32api
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

Um. WTF?

Also, platlib and purelib are apparently the same in all schemes, not just on Windows. Why have them separate in the first place?