(ported from release24-maint branch revision 1.10.4.1)

(ported from release24-maint branch revision 1.86.2.3)

of multiple fields.  This provides direct support for sorting by
multiple keys.

example

Will backport to 2.4.

Make functional.partial() more closely match the spec by emulating some useful features of regular functions:

* Made weak referencable.
* Allow attribute access so a user can set __name__, __doc__, etc.

some useful features of regular functions:

* Made weak referencable.
* Allow attribute access so a user can set __name__, __doc__, etc.

(merge from release24-maint branch).

attributes to oss_audio_device object: 'closed', 'name', and 'mode'.

stream compression; add, for symmetry reasons, r:* as a synonym of r.

``class C(): pass`` is no longer a syntax error.

leading tabs in a line when in Python mode.

Also fixed some grammatical errors in the comments.

eg. "2004-03-04" is not broken across lines.  (Merged from 2.4 branch.)

in pyexpat.GetInputContext. Will backport to 2.4.

to build. Will backport to 2.4

symbolic links on Windows. Fixes #1100429. Will backport to 2.4.

Will backport to 2.4.

redirected, using select() or threads is unnecessary.

stdin/stdout/stderr redirected.

- function names marked with \function should include parentheses
- "standard error" instead of "stderr" for text
- a boolean parameter takes true or false values, not just True or False

numbers in PyLong_AsLongLong, and update test suite accordingly.
Backported to 2.4.

profile.py if available.

file size.

in LWPCookieJar. Backported to 2.4.