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  r73941 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-11 12:39:00 +0200 (Sa, 11 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r73940 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-11 12:37:38 +0200 (Sa, 11 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6430: add note about size of "u" type.
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  r73942 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-11 12:39:23 +0200 (Sa, 11 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6430: remove mention of "w" array typecode.
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  r73943 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-11 12:43:08 +0200 (Sa, 11 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6421: The self argument of module-level PyCFunctions is now a reference to the module object.
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  r74076 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-18 11:07:48 +0200 (Sa, 18 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6502: add missing comma in docstring.
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  r74094 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-19 09:25:56 +0200 (So, 19 Jul 2009) | 10 lines

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    r74089 | senthil.kumaran | 2009-07-19 04:43:43 +0200 (So, 19 Jul 2009) | 3 lines

    Fix for issue5102, timeout value propages between redirects, proxy, digest and
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  r74186 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-23 11:19:09 +0200 (Do, 23 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74185 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-23 11:17:09 +0200 (Do, 23 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Fix the "pylocals" gdb command.
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  r74211 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:48:09 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74210 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:44:23 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Move member descriptions inside the classes.
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  r74212 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:54:51 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74209 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:37:28 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    builtin -> built-in.
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  r74213 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 17:02:41 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74207 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 16:19:57 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6577: fix (hopefully) all links to builtin instead of module/class-specific objects.
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  r74214 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 17:03:49 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74205 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-26 15:36:39 +0200 (So, 26 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    #6576: fix cross-refs in re docs.
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  r74247 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 09:27:08 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 9 lines

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    r74239 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-28 18:55:32 +0000 (Di, 28 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Clarify quote_plus() usage.
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  r74254 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 18:14:16 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

  #6586: fix return/argument type doc for os.read() and os.write().
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  r74262 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2009-07-29 21:54:39 +0200 (Mi, 29 Jul 2009) | 57 lines

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    #6513: fix example code: warning categories are classes, not instances.
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    #6489: fix an ambiguity in getiterator() documentation.
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    r74111 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-07-20 09:30:10 -0400 (Mon, 20 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    remove docs for deprecated -p option
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    r74188 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-07-23 10:25:31 -0400 (Thu, 23 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    use bools
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    r74192 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-24 12:28:38 -0400 (Fri, 24 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Fix arg types of et#.
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    r74193 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-24 12:46:38 -0400 (Fri, 24 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Dont put "void" in signature for nullary functions.
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    #6571: add index entries for more operators.
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    #6593: fix link targets.
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    #6591: add reference to ioctl in fcntl module for platforms other than Windows.
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    r74258 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 12:57:05 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Add a link to readline, and mention IPython and bpython.
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    r74259 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 13:07:21 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Fix some markup and small factual glitches found by M. Markert.
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    Fix a few markup glitches.
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    r74261 | georg.brandl | 2009-07-29 13:50:25 -0400 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009) | 1 line

    Rewrite the section about classes a bit; mostly tidbits, and a larger update to the section about "private" variables to reflect the Pythonic consensus better.
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  r74311 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-04 22:29:27 +0200 (Di, 04 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  Slightly improve buffer-related error message.
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  r74334 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:51:03 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

  #6648: mention surrogateescape handler where all standard handlers are listed.
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    r74328 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 17:06:25 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

    Fix base keyword arg name for int() and long().
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    r74332 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:23:21 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

    Fix punctuation and one copy-paste error.
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    r74333 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-06 19:43:55 +0200 (Do, 06 Aug 2009) | 1 line

    #6658: fix two typos.
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    #6679: Remove mention that sub supports no flags.
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Porting
Q. I want to port Python to a new platform.  How do I begin?

A. I guess the two things to start with is to familiarize yourself
with are the development system for your target platform and the
generic build process for Python.  Make sure you can compile and run a
simple hello-world program on your target platform.  Make sure you can
compile and run the Python interpreter on a platform to which it has
already been ported (preferably Unix, but Mac or Windows will do,
too).

I also would never start something like this without at least
medium-level understanding of your target platform (i.e. how it is
generally used, how to write platform specific apps etc.) and Python
(or else you'll never know how to test the results).

The build process for Python, in particular the Makefiles in the
source distribution, will give you a hint on which files to compile
for Python.  Not all source files are relevant -- some are platform
specific, others are only used in emergencies (e.g. getopt.c).  The
Makefiles tell the story.

You'll also need a pyconfig.h file tailored for your platform.  You can
start with pyconfig.h.in, read the comments and turn on definitions that
apply to your platform.

And you'll need a config.c file, which lists the built-in modules you
support.  Start with Modules/config.c.in.

Finally, you'll run into some things that aren't supported on your
target platform.  Forget about the posix module for now -- simply take 
it out of the config.c file.

Bang on it until you get a >>> prompt.  (You may have to disable the
importing of "site.py" and "exceptions.py" by passing -X and -S
options.

Then bang on it until it executes very simple Python statements.

Now bang on it some more.  At some point you'll want to use the os
module; this is the time to start thinking about what to do with the
posix module.  It's okay to simply #ifdef out those functions that
cause problems; the remaining ones will be quite useful.
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