Eliminates the eval() step in the csv module resulting in better
security, more clarity, and a little speed.

The idea is to make successive attempts to coerce the string to
a python type:
    int(s), long(s), float(s), etc.

As a by-product, eliminates a bare 'except' statement.

it expects based on what inspect classifies it as.

Closes bug #729103 .

* Noted the Py2.3 in the optional arg for bool().

* Indicate that arguments are optional for most builtin type constructors.
* Replace e.g. in staticmethod() and classmethod() docs.
* Add \code{} markup to some in-line code examples.

Added missing jump target labels.

the expected type.  In response to SF #751451.

there are no matching types.  Updated the docs and docstrings.  Added
some unit tests.

names.  Unfortunately, this is not bulletproof since the module
dictionary can be modified directly.

The docs recommend filling by fill(1), drawing commands, fill(0).
However, the filling did not actually take place until the next
draw command.  Fixed by issuing a null draw command at the end
of the fill method.

stack usage on FreeBSD, requiring the recursion limit to be lowered
further.  Building with gcc 2.95 (the standard compiler on FreeBSD 4.x)
is now also affected.

The underlying issue is that FreeBSD's pthreads implementation has a
hard-coded 1MB stack size for the initial (or "primary") thread, which
can not be changed without rebuilding libc_r.  Exhausting this stack
results in a bus error.

Building without pthreads (configure --without-threads), or linking
with the port of the Linux pthreads library (aka Linuxthreads) instead
of libc_r, avoids this limitation.

On OS/2, only gcc 3.2 is affected and the stack size is controllable,
so the special handling has been removed.

the Python DLL.  this slightly improves performance; reduces
fragmentation of address spaces and slightly reduces memory footprint.

reorganise modules, so that most standard extensions are built into
the Python DLL.  this slightly improves performance; reduces
fragmentation of address spaces and slightly reduces memory footprint.

M IOBinding.py

* Simplified test for visible changes
* Improved variable names and line spacing
* Replaced dict(a=3) style with Py2.2 compatable {'a':3}

Documentation update and NEWS item are forthcoming.

Backported to 2.2.