This fix does not cause any degradation in performance.

Based on patches by Christian Heimes and Vajrasky Kok

This test requires the ifconfig executable on $PATH, /sbin/, or /usr/sbin.

pythoncore sub-project.  This should prevent build errors due a previous
build's python(_d).exe still running.

of the time.  Patch by Julian Gindi.

virtual interface.  Original patch by Kent Frazier.

Issue #19638: Raise ValueError instead of crashing when converting billion character strings to float.

Document that @property can incorporate a docstring from the getter method.  Improve readabilty with additional whitespace.

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      o Make all "mpd_t to C integer" conversion functions available in both the
        64-bit and the 32-bit versions.

      o Make all mixed mpd_t/C integer arithmetic functions available in the
        32-bit version.

      o Better handling of __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS for C++ users.

      o Add struct tags (at the request of C++ users).

2) Check for libmpdec.so.2 if --with-system-libmpdec is used.

time.strptime().  Initial patch by Claudiu Popa.

Also, attempt to reduce confusion in the glossary by not saying there are
different "types" of arguments and parameters.