os.dup2() is available on Windows.

reference cycles between frames and the _Outcome instance.

Patch written by Vajrasky Kok.

the UTF-8 encoding with the surrogateescape error handler, instead of decoding
from the locale encoding in strict mode. It fixes the function on Fedora 19
which is probably the first major distribution release with a non-ASCII name.
Patch written by Toshio Kuratomi.

encoding with the surrogateescape error handler, instead of decoding from the
locale encoding in strict mode. It fixes the function on Fedora 19 which is
probably the first major distribution release with a non-ASCII name. Patch
written by Toshio Kuratomi.

communicate rather than 4096 for efficiency.  A microbenchmark shows
Linux and OS X both using ~50% less cpu time this way.

communicate rather than 4096 for efficiency.  A microbenchmark shows
Linux and OS X both using ~50% less cpu time this way.

file for the BZ2File, GzipFile and LZMAFile classes.

the BZ2File, GzipFile and LZMAFile classes.

test_statistics when python is run with -OO.

  based systems.

the bundled json module.  Replace that with a mention of it being
a version of the externally maintained simplejson module.

the bundled json module.  Replace that with a mention of it being
a version of the externally maintained simplejson module.

Patch by Vajrasky Kok.

Patch by Vajrasky Kok.

to stdin within subprocess.Popen.communicate.  5-10% less cpu usage.

to stdin within subprocess.Popen.communicate.  5-10% less cpu usage.

for mbrtowc().

error upon client disconnection.

error upon client disconnection.

error upon client disconnection.