Allow argparse to be used in setup.py

[yan12125]

BPO	29567
Nosy	@yan12125
PRs	bpo-29567: Allow argparse to be used in setup.py #119

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closed_at = <Date 2017-02-16.16:03:16.446>
created_at = <Date 2017-02-15.13:55:12.326>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.7', 'build']
title = 'Allow argparse to be used in setup.py'
updated_at = <Date 2017-02-16.16:03:16.444>
user = 'https://github.com/yan12125'

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type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue29567'
versions = ['Python 3.7']

[yan12125]

When proposing a fix for bpo-29442, I got another issue - argparse can't be used in setup.py for native (non-cross) builds because argparse imports gettext and gettext imports struct. I'll propose a fix for that.

[yan12125]

As PR 119 is closed, I'll continue this in bpo-29442