This also avoids directly accessing the module'd __dict__.

Expat installer from SF anymore, and the installer shouldn't install
expat.dll anymore.

[ #513235 ] prevent readline filename completion

Don't blame Mark!  The horrid casting tricks were my idea to begin with.
The rewrite works fine under VC6, and I *expect* will work fine under VC7.

- Create the Python.framework/Versions/$(VERSION) dir if it doesn't exist
- Override existing symlinks in the framework.

rid of a redundant NULL-pointer check in the expected case.

Ensure we also build on VC7.  Involves replacing largeint.h helper functions with msvc's native 64 bit integers.

are preserved for redirected requests.

values in for loops (dircase, prefix, sitedir).

into "raise Exception".

in a for loop.

in a list comprehension.

in a for loop.

Note:  There is a TBD (aka FIXME) for how best to handle the refused addresses

  - remove unnecessary imports
  - rename dum -> dummy

package.