Will backport to 2.4.

Make functional.partial() more closely match the spec by emulating some useful features of regular functions:

* Made weak referencable.
* Allow attribute access so a user can set __name__, __doc__, etc.

some useful features of regular functions:

* Made weak referencable.
* Allow attribute access so a user can set __name__, __doc__, etc.

(merge from release24-maint branch).

attributes to oss_audio_device object: 'closed', 'name', and 'mode'.

stream compression; add, for symmetry reasons, r:* as a synonym of r.

``class C(): pass`` is no longer a syntax error.

leading tabs in a line when in Python mode.

Also fixed some grammatical errors in the comments.

eg. "2004-03-04" is not broken across lines.  (Merged from 2.4 branch.)

in pyexpat.GetInputContext. Will backport to 2.4.

to build. Will backport to 2.4

symbolic links on Windows. Fixes #1100429. Will backport to 2.4.

Will backport to 2.4.

redirected, using select() or threads is unnecessary.

stdin/stdout/stderr redirected.

- function names marked with \function should include parentheses
- "standard error" instead of "stderr" for text
- a boolean parameter takes true or false values, not just True or False

numbers in PyLong_AsLongLong, and update test suite accordingly.
Backported to 2.4.

profile.py if available.

file size.

in LWPCookieJar. Backported to 2.4.

Backported to 2.4.

Backported to 2.4.

Backported to 2.4.

Partially fixes #1110242.

with || expressions.  Also clarifies intend of 'if' conditional.