#16557: update functional howto -- "return value" is valid after PEP 380.  Initial patch by Ramchandra Apte.

(I would have preferred to post this for review but the bug tracker is pretty much dead at the moment)

Patch by Jeffrey Armstrong.

when result of PyLong_AsLong() narrowed to int without checks.

This is a backport of changesets 13e2e44db99d and 525407d89277.

Patch by Jeffrey Armstrong.

when result of PyLong_AsLong() narrowed to int without checks.

This is a backport of changesets 13e2e44db99d and 525407d89277.

(merged 3.2 fix)

a ctypes build failure with clang.

and pickling compatibility.

strings with whitespaces, backslashes or unbalanced braces.

strings with whitespaces, backslashes or unbalanced braces.