build for the current CPU.

MacOSX 10.4 readline, and don't build the readline module in that case.

using the old Wichmann-Hill generator,  Also pointed to
a newer version of his generator, and weakened the claim
about what jumpahead() does now.

Note sure I got the LaTeX entirely correct for \seeurl.
If it's broken, please fix it ;-)

Bugfix candidate!  (These changes make just as much
sense for 2.4.)

systems; define these conditionally.

on server error codes. Make this clear.

add a Py_SAFE_DOWNCAST() to make the code correct.

opened in binary mode.

platform field

INET_ADDRSTRLEN is not defined.

not allowed by the specs.

implicit assumptions that there's no difference
between text and binary modes.

ultimately going to snprintf() not the python string formatter.  Right?