- document some of the tricky tests (hopefully correctly :)

based on the available headers.

Update comments on the filename extensions used to reflect library
differences.

Added get() and setdefault() methods to the dbm object.

Added docstrings, convert all methods to PyArg_ParseTuple() so that
error messages will have the method names.

use.

Change the list of flag values for open() to a table.

Markup consistency nits.

    query string
also some doc string reformatting and use of string methods instead of
    older string.splitfields

they are dead.  Fixes bug #113812.

this effect.

This address one aspect of SourceForge bug #113797.

message and Python version number and exit immediately.  Closes patch
#101496.

document element.

crashed on an assert.

This closes bug #110660.

related to the BSD DB library.  Based on comments from Mark Summerfield
<summer@netcraft.com>.

    Strings are unpickled by calling eval on the string's repr. This
    change makes pickle work like cPickle; it checks if the pickled
    string is safe to eval and raises ValueError if it is not.

test suite modifications:
    Verify that pickle catches a variety of insecure string pickles
    Make test_pickle and test_cpickle use exactly the same test suite
    Add test for pickling recursive object

bgen-generated code work).

B format char.

glob.glob("k:*py") (i.e., a raw drive letter + colon at the start) were
using the root of the drive rather than the expected Windows behavior
of using the drive's "current directory".

directory less tedious.

from Tk.readprofile(), do not print anything extra to stdout, just run
the code.

         created.  This allows the application-specific Tkinter
         initialization to be executed if present.  Also pass an explicit
         className parameter to the Tk() constructor.

This closes SourceForge bug #110618.

for authenticated proxies.  This is noted elsewhere, but this makes it
easier to find.

Fix typo where it was already mentioned.

This closes SourceForge bug #110619.

layer.  If that is available, consider that as an option as well.

the sometimes inappropriate warning about where we're installing data files.

  of globals from sysconfig.
Added 'prefix' and 'exec_prefix' to the list of variables that can be
  expanded in installation directories (preserving the stupid old names
  of 'sys_prefix' and 'sys_exec_prefix, though).

of globals from sysconfig.

POSIX platforms, ie. get a little more detail than 'sys.platform' gives.

all that work when someone asks for a "configuration variable" from the
Makefile.  Details:
  - added 'get_config_vars()': responsible for calling one of the
    '_init_*()' functions to figure things out for this platform,
    and to provide an interface to the resulting dictionary
  - added 'get_config_var()' as a simple interface to the dictionary
    loaded by 'get_config_vars()'
  - changed the '_init_*()' functions so they load the global dictionary
    '_config_vars', rather than spewing their findings all over
    the module namespace
  - don't delete the '_init_*()' functions when done importing
  - adjusted 'customize_compiler()' to the new regime

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