posix.openpty(). And conveniently also check if CVS write access really
works.

Closes SF patch #100722

or .fileno() method

automatically finding (most of) the standard PYD extensions, and to
remove the hardcoded Python version.

example:

>>> def f(a,a):print a
...
SyntaxError: duplicate argument in function definition

__setitem__(), and __delitem__().  Based on related comments from
Barry Warsaw.

os.seteuid(), os.setegid(), os.setreuid(), os.setregid().

need to be cleared.

characters.

add macros for backwards compatibility with C source

sys.builtin_module_names.  (Noticed by Toby Dickenson.)

[Tim, please test!]

sys.builtin_module_names.  (Noticed by Toby Dickenson.)

    refactor the copying of file data. new: shutil.copyfileobj(fsrc, fdst)

debug_cycle(), and don't cast the pointer to a long.  Neither needs
the literal `0x' prefix as %p automatically inserts this (on Linux at
least).

Adds caching and reverts back the 'return' to 'exit()' in
AC_TRY_RUN as recommended by the Autoconf documentation.

rest of the Python C code: space between "if", "for" and "(", no space
between "(", ")" and function call parameters, etc.

so we get better error messages.

<nascheme@enme.ucalgary.ca>, markup & minor revisions from Fred
Drake.