SF patch 568629 by Oren Tirosh: types made callable.

These built-in functions are replaced by their (now callable) type:

    slice()
    buffer()

and these types can also be called (but have no built-in named
function named after them)

    classobj (type name used to be "class")
    code
    function
    instance
    instancemethod (type name used to be "instance method")

The module "new" has been replaced with a small backward compatibility
placeholder in Python.

A large portion of the patch simply removes the new module from
various platform-specific build recipes.  The following binary Mac
project files still have references to it:

    Mac/Build/PythonCore.mcp
    Mac/Build/PythonStandSmall.mcp
    Mac/Build/PythonStandalone.mcp

[I've tweaked the code layout and the doc strings here and there, and
added a comment to types.py about StringTypes vs. basestring.  --Guido]

Lib/types.py

@@ -23,13 +23,17 @@ except NameError:
     pass
 
 StringType = str
+
+# StringTypes is already outdated.  Instead of writing "type(x) in
+# types.StringTypes", you should use "isinstance(x, basestring)".  But
+# we keep around for compatibility with Python 2.2.
 try:
     UnicodeType = unicode
     StringTypes = (StringType, UnicodeType)
 except NameError:
     StringTypes = (StringType,)
 
-BufferType = type(buffer(''))
+BufferType = buffer
 
 TupleType = tuple
 ListType = list
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ except TypeError:
         pass
     tb = None; del tb
 
-SliceType = type(slice(0))
+SliceType = slice
 EllipsisType = type(Ellipsis)
 
 DictProxyType = type(TypeType.__dict__)

Mac/Distributions/dev.include

@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@
 (':Modules:md5module.c', None)
 (':Modules:mmapmodule.c', None)
 (':Modules:mpzmodule.c', None)
-(':Modules:newmodule.c', None)
 (':Modules:nismodule.c', None)
 (':Modules:operator.c', None)
 (':Modules:parsermodule.c', None)

Mac/MPW/Makefile

@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ ALL =
 	"{Objs}"moduleobject.c.o 
 	"{Objs}"myreadline.c.o 
 	"{Objs}"mystrtoul.c.o 
-	"{Objs}"newmodule.c.o 
 	"{Objs}"nfullpath.c.o 
 	"{Objs}"node.c.o 
 	"{Objs}"object.c.o 
@@ -473,9 +472,6 @@ xxmodule.slb
 "{Objs}"mathmodule.c.o  "{Top}"Modules:mathmodule.c
 	{CC} "{Top}"Modules:mathmodule.c -o "{Objs}"mathmodule.c.o -s mathmodule.c {CFlags}
 
-"{Objs}"newmodule.c.o  "{Top}"Modules:newmodule.c
-	{CC} "{Top}"Modules:newmodule.c -o "{Objs}"newmodule.c.o -s newmodule.c {CFlags}
-
 "{Objs}"parsermodule.c.o  "{Top}"Modules:parsermodule.c
 	{CC} "{Top}"Modules:parsermodule.c -o "{Objs}"parsermodule.c.o -s parsermodule.c {CFlags}
 

Misc/BeOS-setup.py

@@ -232,10 +232,6 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
         # (NIST's Secure Hash Algorithm.)
         exts.append( Extension('sha', ['shamodule.c']) )
 
-        # Tommy Burnette's 'new' module (creates new empty objects of certain
-        # kinds):
-        exts.append( Extension('new', ['newmodule.c']) )
-
         # Helper module for various ascii-encoders
         exts.append( Extension('binascii', ['binascii.c']) )
 

Modules/Setup.dist

@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ PYTHONPATH=$(COREPYTHONPATH)
 
 posix posixmodule.c		# posix (UNIX) system calls
 _sre _sre.c			# Fredrik Lundh's new regular expressions
-new newmodule.c			# Tommy Burnette's 'new' module
 
 # The rest of the modules listed in this file are all commented out by
 # default.  Usually they can be detected and built as dynamically

Objects/bufferobject.c

@@ -155,6 +155,27 @@ PyBuffer_New(int size)
 
 /* Methods */
 
+static PyObject *
+buffer_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
+{
+	PyObject *ob;
+	int offset = 0;
+	int size = Py_END_OF_BUFFER;
+
+	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|ii:buffer", &ob, &offset, &size) )
+	    return NULL;
+	return PyBuffer_FromObject(ob, offset, size);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(buffer_doc,
+"buffer(object [, offset[, size]])\n\
+\n\
+Create a new buffer object which references the given object.\n\
+The buffer will reference a slice of the target object from the\n\
+start of the object (or at the specified offset). The slice will\n\
+extend to the end of the target object (or with the specified size).");
+
+
 static void
 buffer_dealloc(PyBufferObject *self)
 {
@@ -539,5 +560,22 @@ PyTypeObject PyBuffer_Type = {
 	0,					/* tp_setattro */
 	&buffer_as_buffer,			/* tp_as_buffer */
 	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,			/* tp_flags */
-	0,					/* tp_doc */
+	buffer_doc,				/* tp_doc */
+	0,					/* tp_traverse */
+	0,					/* tp_clear */
+	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
+	0,					/* tp_weaklistoffset */
+	0,					/* tp_iter */
+	0,					/* tp_iternext */
+	0,					/* tp_methods */	
+	0,					/* tp_members */
+	0,					/* tp_getset */
+	0,					/* tp_base */
+	0,					/* tp_dict */
+	0,					/* tp_descr_get */
+	0,					/* tp_descr_set */
+	0,					/* tp_dictoffset */
+	0,					/* tp_init */
+	0,					/* tp_alloc */
+	buffer_new,				/* tp_new */
 };

Objects/classobject.c

@@ -149,6 +149,27 @@ PyMethod_Class(PyObject *im)
 	return ((PyMethodObject *)im)->im_class;
 }
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(class_doc,
+"classobj(name, bases, dict)\n\
+\n\
+Create a class object.  The name must be a string; the second argument\n\
+a tuple of classes, and the third a dictionary.");
+
+static PyObject *
+new_class(PyObject* unused, PyObject* args)
+{
+	PyObject *name;
+	PyObject *classes;
+	PyObject *dict;
+  
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "SO!O!:class",
+			      &name,
+			      &PyTuple_Type, &classes,
+			      &PyDict_Type, &dict))
+		return NULL;
+	return PyClass_New(classes, dict, name);
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 class_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
@@ -435,7 +456,7 @@ class_traverse(PyClassObject *o, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 PyTypeObject PyClass_Type = {
 	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
 	0,
-	"class",
+	"classobj",
 	sizeof(PyClassObject),
 	0,
 	(destructor)class_dealloc,		/* tp_dealloc */
@@ -454,7 +475,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyClass_Type = {
 	(setattrofunc)class_setattr,		/* tp_setattro */
 	0,					/* tp_as_buffer */
 	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC,/* tp_flags */
-	0,					/* tp_doc */
+	class_doc,				/* tp_doc */
 	(traverseproc)class_traverse,		/* tp_traverse */
  	0,					/* tp_clear */
 	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
@@ -575,6 +596,34 @@ PyInstance_New(PyObject *klass, PyObject *arg, PyObject *kw)
 
 /* Instance methods */
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(instance_doc,
+"instance(class[, dict])\n\
+\n\
+Create an instance without calling its __init__() method.\n\
+The class must be a classic class.\n\
+If present, dict must be a dictionary or None.");
+
+static PyObject *
+instance_new(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args, PyObject *kw)
+{
+	PyObject *klass;
+	PyObject *dict = Py_None;
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!|O:instance",
+			      &PyClass_Type, &klass, &dict))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (dict == Py_None)
+		dict = NULL;
+	else if (!PyDict_Check(dict)) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+		      "instance() second arg must be dictionary or None");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return PyInstance_NewRaw(klass, dict);
+}
+
+
 static void
 instance_dealloc(register PyInstanceObject *inst)
 {
@@ -2014,13 +2063,24 @@ PyTypeObject PyInstance_Type = {
 	(setattrofunc)instance_setattr,		/* tp_setattro */
 	0,					/* tp_as_buffer */
 	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC | Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES,/*tp_flags*/
-	0,					/* tp_doc */
+	instance_doc,				/* tp_doc */
 	(traverseproc)instance_traverse,	/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
 	instance_richcompare,			/* tp_richcompare */
  	offsetof(PyInstanceObject, in_weakreflist), /* tp_weaklistoffset */
 	(getiterfunc)instance_getiter,		/* tp_iter */
 	(iternextfunc)instance_iternext,	/* tp_iternext */
+	0,					/* tp_methods */
+	0,					/* tp_members */
+	0,					/* tp_getset */
+	0,					/* tp_base */
+	0,					/* tp_dict */
+	0,					/* tp_descr_get */
+	0,					/* tp_descr_set */
+	0,					/* tp_dictoffset */
+	0,					/* tp_init */
+	0,					/* tp_alloc */
+	instance_new,				/* tp_new */
 };
 
 
@@ -2125,6 +2185,31 @@ instancemethod_getattro(PyObject *obj, PyObject *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(instancemethod_doc,
+"instancemethod(function, instance, class)\n\
+\n\
+Create an instance method object.");
+
+static PyObject *
+instancemethod_new(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args, PyObject *kw)
+{
+	PyObject *func;
+	PyObject *self;
+	PyObject *classObj;
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OOO:instancemethod",
+			      &func, &self, &classObj))
+		return NULL;
+	if (!PyCallable_Check(func)) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+				"first argument must be callable");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (self == Py_None)
+		self = NULL;
+	return PyMethod_New(func, self, classObj);
+}
+
 static void
 instancemethod_dealloc(register PyMethodObject *im)
 {
@@ -2362,7 +2447,7 @@ instancemethod_descr_get(PyObject *meth, PyObject *obj, PyObject *class)
 PyTypeObject PyMethod_Type = {
 	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
 	0,
-	"instance method",
+	"instancemethod",
 	sizeof(PyMethodObject),
 	0,
 	(destructor)instancemethod_dealloc,	/* tp_dealloc */
@@ -2381,7 +2466,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyMethod_Type = {
 	PyObject_GenericSetAttr,		/* tp_setattro */
 	0,					/* tp_as_buffer */
 	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC,/* tp_flags */
-	0,					/* tp_doc */
+	instancemethod_doc,			/* tp_doc */
 	(traverseproc)instancemethod_traverse,	/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
 	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
@@ -2396,6 +2481,9 @@ PyTypeObject PyMethod_Type = {
 	instancemethod_descr_get,		/* tp_descr_get */
 	0,					/* tp_descr_set */
 	0,					/* tp_dictoffset */
+	0,					/* tp_init */
+	0,					/* tp_alloc */
+	instancemethod_new,			/* tp_new */
 };
 
 /* Clear out the free list */

Objects/descrobject.c

@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ proxy_traverse(PyObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 static PyTypeObject proxytype = {
 	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
 	0,					/* ob_size */
-	"dict-proxy",				/* tp_name */
+	"dictproxy",				/* tp_name */
 	sizeof(proxyobject),			/* tp_basicsize */
 	0,					/* tp_itemsize */
 	/* methods */

Objects/funcobject.c

@@ -266,6 +266,52 @@ static PyGetSetDef func_getsetlist[] = {
 	{NULL} /* Sentinel */
 };
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(func_doc,
+"function(code, globals[, name[, argdefs]])\n\
+\n\
+Create a function object from a code object and a dictionary.\n\
+The optional name string overrides the name from the code object.\n\
+The optional argdefs tuple specifies the default argument values.");
+
+static PyObject *
+func_new(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
+{
+	PyObject *code;
+	PyObject *globals;
+	PyObject *name = Py_None;
+	PyObject *defaults = Py_None;
+	PyFunctionObject *newfunc;
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!O!|OO!:function",
+			      &PyCode_Type, &code,
+			      &PyDict_Type, &globals,
+			      &name,
+			      &PyTuple_Type, &defaults))
+		return NULL;
+	if (name != Py_None && !PyString_Check(name)) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+				"arg 3 (name) must be None or string");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	newfunc = (PyFunctionObject *)PyFunction_New(code, globals);
+	if (newfunc == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (name != Py_None) {
+		Py_XINCREF(name);
+		Py_XDECREF(newfunc->func_name);
+		newfunc->func_name = name;
+	}
+	if (defaults != Py_None) {
+		Py_XINCREF(defaults);
+		Py_XDECREF(newfunc->func_defaults);
+		newfunc->func_defaults  = defaults;
+	}
+
+	return (PyObject *)newfunc;
+}
+
 static void
 func_dealloc(PyFunctionObject *op)
 {
@@ -415,7 +461,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyFunction_Type = {
 	PyObject_GenericSetAttr,		/* tp_setattro */
 	0,					/* tp_as_buffer */
 	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC,/* tp_flags */
-	0,					/* tp_doc */
+	func_doc,				/* tp_doc */
 	(traverseproc)func_traverse,		/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
 	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
@@ -430,6 +476,9 @@ PyTypeObject PyFunction_Type = {
 	func_descr_get,				/* tp_descr_get */
 	0,					/* tp_descr_set */
 	offsetof(PyFunctionObject, func_dict),	/* tp_dictoffset */
+	0,					/* tp_init */
+	0,					/* tp_alloc */
+	func_new,				/* tp_new */
 };
 
 

Objects/sliceobject.c

@@ -164,6 +164,30 @@ PySlice_GetIndicesEx(PySliceObject *r, int length,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+slice_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
+{
+	PyObject *start, *stop, *step;
+
+	start = stop = step = NULL;
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|OO:slice", &start, &stop, &step))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* This swapping of stop and start is to maintain similarity with
+	   range(). */
+	if (stop == NULL) {
+		stop = start;
+		start = NULL;
+	}
+	return PySlice_New(start, stop, step);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(slice_doc,
+"slice([start,] stop[, step])\n\
+\n\
+Create a slice object.  This is used for extended slicing (e.g. a[0:10:2]).");
+
 static void
 slice_dealloc(PySliceObject *r)
 {
@@ -240,7 +264,7 @@ PyTypeObject PySlice_Type = {
 	0,					/* tp_setattro */
 	0,					/* tp_as_buffer */
 	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,			/* tp_flags */
-	0,					/* tp_doc */
+	slice_doc,				/* tp_doc */
 	0,					/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
 	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
@@ -252,4 +276,10 @@ PyTypeObject PySlice_Type = {
 	0,					/* tp_getset */
 	0,					/* tp_base */
 	0,					/* tp_dict */
+	0,					/* tp_descr_get */
+	0,					/* tp_descr_set */
+	0,					/* tp_dictoffset */
+	0,					/* tp_init */
+	0,					/* tp_alloc */
+	slice_new,				/* tp_new */
 };

PC/os2vacpp/makefile

@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ MODULES		=                              \
                   $(PATHOBJ)\MathModule.obj    \
                   $(PATHOBJ)\MD5c.obj          \
                   $(PATHOBJ)\MD5Module.obj     \
-                  $(PATHOBJ)\NewModule.obj     \
                   $(PATHOBJ)\Operator.obj      \
                   $(PATHOBJ)\PCREModule.obj    \
                   $(PATHOBJ)\PyPCRE.obj        \
@@ -806,20 +805,6 @@ mpzmodule.obj: $(PY_INCLUDE)\abstract.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\ceval.h \
 	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\sliceobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\stringobject.h \
 	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\sysmodule.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\traceback.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\tupleobject.h
 
-newmodule.obj: $(PY_INCLUDE)\abstract.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\ceval.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\classobject.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\cobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\compile.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\complexobject.h \
-	 pyconfig.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\dictobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\fileobject.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\floatobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\funcobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\import.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\intobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\intrcheck.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\listobject.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\longobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\methodobject.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\modsupport.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\moduleobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\mymalloc.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\myproto.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\object.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\objimpl.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\pydebug.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\pyerrors.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\pyfpe.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\pystate.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\python.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\pythonrun.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\rangeobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\sliceobject.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\stringobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\sysmodule.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\traceback.h \
-	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\tupleobject.h
-
 nismodule.obj: $(PY_INCLUDE)\abstract.h $(OS2TCPIP)\Include\sys\time.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\ceval.h \
 	 $(PY_INCLUDE)\classobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\cobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\complexobject.h \
 	 pyconfig.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\dictobject.h $(PY_INCLUDE)\fileobject.h \

PC/os2vacpp/makefile.omk

@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ MODULES		=                   \
                   MathModule.obj    \
                   MD5c.obj          \
                   MD5Module.obj     \
-                  NewModule.obj     \
                   Operator.obj      \
                   PosixModule.obj   \
                   RegexModule.obj   \
@@ -619,14 +618,6 @@ mpzmodule.obj: abstract.h ceval.h classobject.h cobject.h \
 	 pyerrors.h pyfpe.h pystate.h python.h pythonrun.h rangeobject.h \
 	 sliceobject.h stringobject.h sysmodule.h traceback.h tupleobject.h
 
-newmodule.obj: abstract.h ceval.h classobject.h cobject.h compile.h \
-	 complexobject.h pyconfig.h dictobject.h fileobject.h floatobject.h \
-	 funcobject.h import.h intobject.h intrcheck.h listobject.h \
-	 longobject.h methodobject.h modsupport.h moduleobject.h mymalloc.h \
-	 myproto.h object.h objimpl.h pydebug.h pyerrors.h pyfpe.h \
-	 pystate.h python.h pythonrun.h rangeobject.h sliceobject.h \
-	 stringobject.h sysmodule.h traceback.h tupleobject.h
-
 nismodule.obj: abstract.h c:\mptn\include\sys\time.h ceval.h classobject.h \
 	 cobject.h complexobject.h pyconfig.h dictobject.h fileobject.h \
 	 floatobject.h funcobject.h import.h intobject.h intrcheck.h \

PCbuild/pythoncore.dsp

@@ -1253,21 +1253,6 @@ SOURCE=..\Python\mystrtoul.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File
 
-SOURCE=..\Modules\newmodule.c
-
-!IF  "$(CFG)" == "pythoncore - Win32 Release"
-
-!ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "pythoncore - Win32 Debug"
-
-!ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "pythoncore - Win32 Alpha Debug"
-
-!ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "pythoncore - Win32 Alpha Release"
-
-!ENDIF 
-
-# End Source File
-# Begin Source File
-
 SOURCE=..\Parser\node.c
 
 !IF  "$(CFG)" == "pythoncore - Win32 Release"

Python/bltinmodule.c

@@ -106,27 +106,6 @@ and keyword arguments taken from the optional dictionary kwargs.\n\
 Note that classes are callable, as are instances with a __call__() method.");
 
 
-static PyObject *
-builtin_buffer(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	PyObject *ob;
-	int offset = 0;
-	int size = Py_END_OF_BUFFER;
-
-	if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|ii:buffer", &ob, &offset, &size) )
-	    return NULL;
-	return PyBuffer_FromObject(ob, offset, size);
-}
-
-PyDoc_STRVAR(buffer_doc,
-"buffer(object [, offset[, size]]) -> object\n\
-\n\
-Create a new buffer object which references the given object.\n\
-The buffer will reference a slice of the target object from the\n\
-start of the object (or at the specified offset). The slice will\n\
-extend to the end of the target object (or with the specified size).");
-
-
 static PyObject *
 builtin_callable(PyObject *self, PyObject *v)
 {
@@ -1078,31 +1057,6 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(len_doc,
 Return the number of items of a sequence or mapping.");
 
 
-static PyObject *
-builtin_slice(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	PyObject *start, *stop, *step;
-
-	start = stop = step = NULL;
-
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|OO:slice", &start, &stop, &step))
-		return NULL;
-
-	/* This swapping of stop and start is to maintain similarity with
-	   range(). */
-	if (stop == NULL) {
-		stop = start;
-		start = NULL;
-	}
-	return PySlice_New(start, stop, step);
-}
-
-PyDoc_STRVAR(slice_doc,
-"slice([start,] stop[, step]) -> slice object\n\
-\n\
-Create a slice object.  This is used for slicing by the Numeric extensions.");
-
-
 static PyObject *
 builtin_locals(PyObject *self)
 {
@@ -1775,7 +1729,6 @@ static PyMethodDef builtin_methods[] = {
  	{"__import__",	builtin___import__, METH_VARARGS, import_doc},
  	{"abs",		builtin_abs,        METH_O, abs_doc},
  	{"apply",	builtin_apply,      METH_VARARGS, apply_doc},
- 	{"buffer",	builtin_buffer,     METH_VARARGS, buffer_doc},
  	{"callable",	builtin_callable,   METH_O, callable_doc},
  	{"chr",		builtin_chr,        METH_VARARGS, chr_doc},
  	{"cmp",		builtin_cmp,        METH_VARARGS, cmp_doc},
@@ -1813,7 +1766,6 @@ static PyMethodDef builtin_methods[] = {
  	{"repr",	builtin_repr,       METH_O, repr_doc},
  	{"round",	builtin_round,      METH_VARARGS, round_doc},
  	{"setattr",	builtin_setattr,    METH_VARARGS, setattr_doc},
- 	{"slice",       builtin_slice,      METH_VARARGS, slice_doc},
 #ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
  	{"unichr",	builtin_unichr,     METH_VARARGS, unichr_doc},
 #endif
@@ -1849,6 +1801,7 @@ _PyBuiltin_Init(void)
 	SETBUILTIN("True",		Py_True);
 	SETBUILTIN("basestring",	&PyBaseString_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("bool",		&PyBool_Type);
+	SETBUILTIN("buffer",		&PyBuffer_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("classmethod",	&PyClassMethod_Type);
 #ifndef WITHOUT_COMPLEX
 	SETBUILTIN("complex",		&PyComplex_Type);
@@ -1861,6 +1814,7 @@ _PyBuiltin_Init(void)
 	SETBUILTIN("list",		&PyList_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("long",		&PyLong_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("object",		&PyBaseObject_Type);
+	SETBUILTIN("slice",		&PySlice_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("staticmethod",	&PyStaticMethod_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("str",		&PyString_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("super",		&PySuper_Type);

Python/compile.c

@@ -91,6 +91,69 @@ static PyMemberDef code_memberlist[] = {
 	{NULL}	/* Sentinel */
 };
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(code_doc,
+"code(argcount, nlocals, stacksize, flags, codestring, constants, names,\n\
+      varnames, filename, name, firstlineno, lnotab[, freevars[, cellvars]])\n\
+\n\
+Create a code object.  Not for the faint of heart.");
+
+static PyObject *
+code_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
+{
+	int argcount;
+	int nlocals;
+	int stacksize;
+	int flags;
+	PyObject *code;
+	PyObject *consts;
+	PyObject *names;
+	PyObject *varnames;
+	PyObject *freevars = NULL;
+	PyObject *cellvars = NULL;
+	PyObject *filename;
+	PyObject *name;
+	int firstlineno;
+	PyObject *lnotab;
+
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iiiiSO!O!O!SSiS|O!O!:code",
+			      &argcount, &nlocals, &stacksize, &flags,
+			      &code,
+			      &PyTuple_Type, &consts,
+			      &PyTuple_Type, &names,
+			      &PyTuple_Type, &varnames,
+			      &filename, &name,
+			      &firstlineno, &lnotab,
+			      &PyTuple_Type, &freevars,
+			      &PyTuple_Type, &cellvars))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (freevars == NULL || cellvars == NULL) {
+		PyObject *empty = PyTuple_New(0);
+		if (empty == NULL)
+		    return NULL;
+		if (freevars == NULL) {
+		    freevars = empty;
+		    Py_INCREF(freevars);
+		}
+		if (cellvars == NULL) {
+		    cellvars = empty;
+		    Py_INCREF(cellvars);
+		}
+		Py_DECREF(empty);
+	}
+
+	if (!PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(code)) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+		  "bytecode object must be a single-segment read-only buffer");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return (PyObject *)PyCode_New(argcount, nlocals, stacksize, flags,
+				      code, consts, names, varnames,
+				      freevars, cellvars, filename, name,
+				      firstlineno, lnotab); 
+}
+
 static void
 code_dealloc(PyCodeObject *co)
 {
@@ -200,7 +263,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyCode_Type = {
 	0,				/* tp_setattro */
 	0,				/* tp_as_buffer */
 	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,		/* tp_flags */
-	0,				/* tp_doc */
+	code_doc,			/* tp_doc */
 	0,				/* tp_traverse */
 	0,				/* tp_clear */
 	0,				/* tp_richcompare */
@@ -217,7 +280,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyCode_Type = {
 	0,				/* tp_dictoffset */
 	0,				/* tp_init */
 	0,				/* tp_alloc */
-	0,				/* tp_new */
+	code_new,			/* tp_new */
 };
 
 #define NAME_CHARS \

Python/dynload_aix.c

@@ -104,19 +104,6 @@ aix_getoldmodules(void **modlistptr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-aix_bindnewmodule(void *newmoduleptr, void *modlistptr)
-{
-	register ModulePtr modptr;
-
-	/*
-	-- Bind the new module with the list of loaded modules.
-	*/
-	for (modptr = (ModulePtr)modlistptr; modptr; modptr = modptr->next)
-		if (loadbind(0, modptr->entry, newmoduleptr) != 0)
-			return -1;
-	return 0;
-}
 
 static void
 aix_loaderror(const char *pathname)
@@ -192,10 +179,6 @@ dl_funcptr _PyImport_GetDynLoadFunc(const char *fqname, const char *shortname,
 		aix_loaderror(pathname);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (aix_bindnewmodule((void *)p, staticmodlistptr) == -1) {
-		aix_loaderror(pathname);
-		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	return p;
 }

RISCOS/Makefile

@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@ $(LIB_PYTHON):	$(OBJECTS)
 	$(LINK) -aof -o @.^.Modules.o.md5link @.^.Modules.o.md5c @.^.Modules.o.md5module
 	$(MAKEDLK) -d @.^.Lib.md5/pyd -s s.linktab -o @.^.Modules.o.md5link -e initmd5
 
-@.^.Lib.new/pyd: @.^.Modules.o.newmodule s.linktab
-	$(MAKEDLK) -d @.^.Lib.new/pyd -s s.linktab -o @.^.Modules.o.newmodule -e initnew
-
 @.^.Lib.operator/pyd: @.^.Modules.o.operator s.linktab
 	$(MAKEDLK) -d @.^.Lib.operator/pyd -s s.linktab -o @.^.Modules.o.operator -e initoperator