cast first PyUnicode_Decode argument to proper type (why is
"char *" used for encoded byte streams, btw?  shouldn't that
be "void *" or, if necessary, "unsigned char *"?)

compiler warnings about mixing signed and unsigned types
in comparisons.

in _winreg.c.

cookielib.LWPCookieJar and .MozillaCookieJar are documented to raise
cookielib.LoadError on attempt to load an invalid cookies file, but
raise IOError instead.  Compromise by having LoadError subclass IOError.

Fred approved just checking it in; he may make further fixes.

The change shrinks the 'Generic OS' and other OS chapters, which had become
something of a dumping ground for random modules.  It differs from the
last version of the patch: 1) I've added introductions for the new chapters (still missing a few -- search for 'intro')
2) a few modules have been rearranged slightly from the version in the patch

Fix the definition of BUILD in the VC project settings.

use of $(srcdir) in Makefile.pre.in so builds outside the source dir still
work.

Most of these can be backported.

Subversion revision number.

First, in an svn export, there will be no .svn directory, so use an in-file
$Revision$ keyword string with the keyword chrome stripped off.

Also, use $(srcdir) in the Makefile.pre.in to handle the case where Python is
build outside the source tree.

added refcount information for PyObject_Call

Norwitz)

This code generated a C assertion:
        assert 1, ([s for s in x] +
                   [s for s in x])
        pass

assert was completely broken, it needed to use the proper block.
compiler_use_block() is now no longer used, so remove it.

Needs backport.