to make it easy to test 32-bit and 64-bit builds in the same working tree.

Patch by Martin Panter.

Patch by Martin Panter.

the dirent structure (ex: OpenIndiana).

function -- a better and faster directory iterator". Patch written by Ben
Hoyt.

Patch by Sayan Chowdhury.

not as stringified enum.  Patch by Demian Brecht.

raise a SystemError if a function returns a result and raises an exception.
The SystemError is chained to the previous exception.

Refactor also PyObject_Call() and PyCFunction_Call() to make them more readable.

Remove some checks which became useless (duplicate checks).

Change reviewed by Serhiy Storchaka.

Issue #23524: Replace _PyVerify_fd function with calling _set_thread_local_invalid_parameter_handler on every thread.

time.  Patch by Davin Potts.

time.  Patch by Davin Potts.

Changes:

* Fixed reSt markup
* Fixed cross references
* Fixed a couple of typos

errors of _testcapimodule.c with older versions of gcc.

Fix regression of changeset 7c6e3358221a on GCC < 4.4. The _socket module
cannot be compiled on "x86 FreeBSD 7.2 3.x" buildbot anymore.