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cpython/Misc
Tim Peters 7c321a80f9 The Py_REF_DEBUG/COUNT_ALLOCS/Py_TRACE_REFS macro minefield: added
more trivial lexical helper macros so that uses of these guys expand
to nothing at all when they're not enabled.  This should help sub-
standard compilers that can't do a good job of optimizing away the
previous "(void)0" expressions.

Py_DECREF:  There's only one definition of this now.  Yay!  That
was that last one in the family defined multiple times in an #ifdef
maze.

Py_FatalError():  Changed the char* signature to const char*.

_Py_NegativeRefcount():  New helper function for the Py_REF_DEBUG
expansion of Py_DECREF.  Calling an external function cuts down on
the volume of generated code.  The previous inline expansion of abort()
didn't work as intended on Windows (the program often kept going, and
the error msg scrolled off the screen unseen).  _Py_NegativeRefcount
calls Py_FatalError instead, which captures our best knowledge of
how to abort effectively across platforms.
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Python Misc subdirectory
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This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere.  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
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ACKS		Acknowledgements
AIX-NOTES	Notes for building Python on AIX
BeOS-NOTES	Notes for building on BeOS
BeOS-setup.py	setup.py replacement for BeOS, see BeOS-NOTES
cheatsheet	Quick summary of Python by Ken Manheimer
find_recursionlimit.py  Script to find a value for sys.maxrecursionlimit
gdbinit		Handy stuff to put in your .gdbinit file, if you use gdb
HISTORY		News from previous releases -- oldest last
HPUX-NOTES	Notes about dynamic loading under HP-UX
indent.pro	GNU indent profile approximating my C style
NEWS		News for this release (for some meaning of "this")
Porting		Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
PURIFY.README	Information for Purify users
python.man	UNIX man page for the python interpreter
python-mode.el	Emacs mode for editing Python programs
README		The file you're reading now
RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup
RPM		(Old) tools to build RPMs
setuid-prog.c	C helper program for set-uid Python scripts
vgrindefs	Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)