pure-Python distributions.

Patch by Supreet Sethi, slightly modified by adding the change
to sysconfig.py.

Jython compatibility fix: if uu.decode() opened its output file, be sure to close it.   (Need to forward-port this.)

The semantics of PyList_Check() and PyDict_Check() changed at 2.2, along
with most other concrete object checks, but the docs weren't brought into
line.

PyList_CheckExact() was added at 2.2 but never documented.

Fix the problem addressed by patch

[ 819012 ] Fix for former/latter confusion in Extending documentation

although not by using supplied patch.

Though this backport actually includes the fix that caused the problem
in the first place!

[Bug #811681] The asynchat documentation would also apply to the 2.2 version of the module, but the docs aren't included.  This adds a copy of libasynchat.tex.

Fixes SF bug #520325.

Backport candidate.

quotes.  Fixes SF bug #794466, with the essential patch provided by
Stuart D. Gathman.  Specifically,

_parseparam(), _get_params_preserve(): Use the parsing function that
takes quotes into account, as given (essentially) in the bug report's
test program.

Backport candidate.

- remove old text about a Mac OS chapter in the libref; that's been
  gone for a *long* time!

file.

Closes SF bug #776181.

- remove extraneous blank lines
- add missing \end{methoddesc} (prevented formatting)

CallTip error when docstring contains only \n and/or \t

[Patch #708374] Only apply the check for file size if the file is a regular file, not a character or block device.

Check the argument of classmethod is callable. (prevents
classmethod(classmethod(func)) from bombing out.

The Unpickler forget about its find_class attribute.

Also make sure we visit and clear self->safe_constructors in the GC
support.