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  r60482 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-01-31 23:07:16 +0100 (Thu, 31 Jan 2008) | 1 line

  Minor wordsmithing on docstring
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  r60483 | mark.dickinson | 2008-01-31 23:17:37 +0100 (Thu, 31 Jan 2008) | 5 lines

  Issue #1678380.  Fix a bug that identifies 0j and -0j when they appear
  in the same code unit. The fix is essentially the same as the fix for a
  previous bug identifying 0. and -0.
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  r60484 | christian.heimes | 2008-02-01 00:08:23 +0100 (Fri, 01 Feb 2008) | 1 line

  Fixed bug #1983: Return from fork() is pid_t, not int
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  r60486 | jeffrey.yasskin | 2008-02-01 07:22:46 +0100 (Fri, 01 Feb 2008) | 4 lines

  Move __builtins__.trunc() to math.trunc() per
  http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-January/076626.html and issue
  1965.
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  r60487 | jeffrey.yasskin | 2008-02-01 08:05:46 +0100 (Fri, 01 Feb 2008) | 3 lines

  Roll back r60248. It's useful to encourage users not to change Rational
  instances.
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  r60488 | neal.norwitz | 2008-02-01 08:22:59 +0100 (Fri, 01 Feb 2008) | 1 line

  Fix refleak
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Doc/library/functions.rst

@@ -1059,12 +1059,6 @@ available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    operators such as ``super(C, self)[name]``.
 
 
-.. function:: trunc(x)
-
-   Return the :class:`Real` value *x* truncated to an :class:`Integral` (usually
-   a long integer). Delegates to ``x.__trunc__()``.
-
-
 .. function:: tuple([iterable])
 
    Return a tuple whose items are the same and in the same order as *iterable*'s

Doc/library/math.rst

@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ Number-theoretic and representation functions:
    Return the fractional and integer parts of *x*.  Both results carry the sign of
    *x*, and both are floats.
 
+
+.. function:: trunc(x)
+
+   Return the :class:`Real` value *x* truncated to an :class:`Integral` (usually
+   a long integer). Delegates to ``x.__trunc__()``.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
 Note that :func:`frexp` and :func:`modf` have a different call/return pattern
 than their C equivalents: they take a single argument and return a pair of
 values, rather than returning their second return value through an 'output

Include/pyport.h

@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ typedef Py_intptr_t	Py_ssize_t;
 /* Smallest negative value of type Py_ssize_t. */
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_MIN (-PY_SSIZE_T_MAX-1)
 
+#if SIZEOF_PID_T > SIZEOF_LONG
+#   error "Python doesn't support sizeof(pid_t) > sizeof(long)"
+#endif
+
 /* PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T is a platform-specific modifier for use in a printf
  * format to convert an argument with the width of a size_t or Py_ssize_t.
  * C99 introduced "z" for this purpose, but not all platforms support that;
@@ -550,7 +554,7 @@ extern char * _getpty(int *, int, mode_t, int);
    functions, even though they are included in libutil. */
 #include <termios.h>
 extern int openpty(int *, int *, char *, struct termios *, struct winsize *);
-extern int forkpty(int *, char *, struct termios *, struct winsize *);
+extern pid_t forkpty(int *, char *, struct termios *, struct winsize *);
 #endif /* !defined(HAVE_PTY_H) && !defined(HAVE_LIBUTIL_H) */
 #endif /* defined(HAVE_OPENPTY) || defined(HAVE_FORKPTY) */
 

Lib/rational.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Rational(RationalAbc):
 
     """
 
-    __slots__ = ('numerator', 'denominator')
+    __slots__ = ('_numerator', '_denominator')
 
     # We're immutable, so use __new__ not __init__
     def __new__(cls, numerator=0, denominator=1):
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ class Rational(RationalAbc):
             raise ZeroDivisionError('Rational(%s, 0)' % numerator)
 
         g = gcd(numerator, denominator)
-        self.numerator = int(numerator // g)
+        self._numerator = int(numerator // g)
-        self.denominator = int(denominator // g)
+        self._denominator = int(denominator // g)
         return self
 
     @classmethod
@@ -167,6 +167,14 @@ class Rational(RationalAbc):
             result = new
         return result
 
+    @property
+    def numerator(a):
+        return a._numerator
+
+    @property
+    def denominator(a):
+        return a._denominator
+
     def __repr__(self):
         """repr(self)"""
         return ('Rational(%r,%r)' % (self.numerator, self.denominator))
@@ -192,20 +200,20 @@ class Rational(RationalAbc):
         Rational, that means that we define __add__ and __radd__ as:
 
             def __add__(self, other):
+                # Both types have numerators/denominator attributes,
+                # so do the operation directly
                 if isinstance(other, (int, Rational)):
-                    # Do the real operation.
                     return Rational(self.numerator * other.denominator +
                                     other.numerator * self.denominator,
                                     self.denominator * other.denominator)
-                # float and complex don't follow this protocol, and
+                # float and complex don't have those operations, but we
-                # Rational knows about them, so special case them.
+                # know about those types, so special case them.
                 elif isinstance(other, float):
                     return float(self) + other
                 elif isinstance(other, complex):
                     return complex(self) + other
-                else:
+                # Let the other type take over.
-                    # Let the other type take over.
+                return NotImplemented
-                    return NotImplemented
 
             def __radd__(self, other):
                 # radd handles more types than add because there's
@@ -218,8 +226,7 @@ class Rational(RationalAbc):
                     return float(other) + float(self)
                 elif isinstance(other, Complex):
                     return complex(other) + complex(self)
-                else:
+                return NotImplemented
-                    return NotImplemented
 
 
         There are 5 different cases for a mixed-type addition on

Lib/test/test_abstract_numbers.py

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 """Unit tests for numbers.py."""
 
-import unittest
+import math
-from test import test_support
-from numbers import Number
-from numbers import Exact, Inexact
-from numbers import Complex, Real, Rational, Integral
 import operator
+import unittest
+from numbers import Complex, Real, Rational, Integral
+from numbers import Exact, Inexact
+from numbers import Number
+from test import test_support
 
 class TestNumbers(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_int(self):
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ class TestNumbers(unittest.TestCase):
         self.failUnless(issubclass(complex, Inexact))
 
         c1, c2 = complex(3, 2), complex(4,1)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, trunc, c1)
+        # XXX: This is not ideal, but see the comment in math_trunc().
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, math.trunc, c1)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, operator.mod, c1, c2)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, divmod, c1, c2)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, operator.floordiv, c1, c2)

Lib/test/test_builtin.py

@@ -1643,37 +1643,6 @@ class BuiltinTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 raise ValueError
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, sum, BadSeq())
 
-    def test_trunc(self):
-
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(1), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(-1), -1)
-        self.assertEqual(type(trunc(1)), int)
-        self.assertEqual(type(trunc(1.5)), int)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(1.5), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(-1.5), -1)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(1.999999), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(-1.999999), -1)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(-0.999999), -0)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(-100.999), -100)
-
-        class TestTrunc:
-            def __trunc__(self):
-                return 23
-
-        class TestNoTrunc:
-            pass
-
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(TestTrunc()), 23)
-
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, trunc)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, trunc, 1, 2)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, trunc, TestNoTrunc())
-
-        t = TestNoTrunc()
-        t.__trunc__ = lambda *args: args
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, trunc, t)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, trunc, t, 0)
-
     def test_tuple(self):
         self.assertEqual(tuple(()), ())
         t0_3 = (0, 1, 2, 3)

Lib/test/test_complex.py

@@ -338,6 +338,13 @@ class ComplexTest(unittest.TestCase):
             except (OSError, IOError):
                 pass
 
+    if float.__getformat__("double").startswith("IEEE"):
+        def test_plus_minus_0j(self):
+            # test that -0j and 0j literals are not identified
+            z1, z2 = 0j, -0j
+            self.assertEquals(atan2(z1.imag, -1.), atan2(0., -1.))
+            self.assertEquals(atan2(z2.imag, -1.), atan2(-0., -1.))
+
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(ComplexTest)
 

Lib/test/test_decimal.py

@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ with the corresponding argument.
 """
 from __future__ import with_statement
 
-import unittest
 import glob
+import math
 import os, sys
 import pickle, copy
+import unittest
 from decimal import *
 from test.test_support import (TestSkipped, run_unittest, run_doctest,
                                is_resource_enabled)
@@ -1213,7 +1214,7 @@ class DecimalPythonAPItests(unittest.TestCase):
             # should work the same as to_integral in the ROUND_DOWN mode
             d = Decimal(s)
             r = d.to_integral(ROUND_DOWN)
-            self.assertEqual(Decimal(trunc(d)), r)
+            self.assertEqual(Decimal(math.trunc(d)), r)
 
 class ContextAPItests(unittest.TestCase):
 

Lib/test/test_math.py

@@ -233,6 +233,38 @@ class MathTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.ftest('tanh(0)', math.tanh(0), 0)
         self.ftest('tanh(1)+tanh(-1)', math.tanh(1)+math.tanh(-1), 0)
 
+    def test_trunc(self):
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(1), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(-1), -1)
+        self.assertEqual(type(math.trunc(1)), int)
+        self.assertEqual(type(math.trunc(1.5)), int)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(1.5), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(-1.5), -1)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(1.999999), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(-1.999999), -1)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(-0.999999), -0)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(-100.999), -100)
+
+        class TestTrunc(object):
+            def __trunc__(self):
+                return 23
+
+        class TestNoTrunc(object):
+            pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(TestTrunc()), 23)
+
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, math.trunc)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, math.trunc, 1, 2)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, math.trunc, TestNoTrunc())
+
+        # XXX Doesn't work because the method is looked up on
+        #     the type only.
+        #t = TestNoTrunc()
+        #t.__trunc__ = lambda *args: args
+        #self.assertEquals((), math.trunc(t))
+        #self.assertRaises(TypeError, math.trunc, t, 0)
+
     def testCopysign(self):
         self.assertEqual(math.copysign(1, 42), 1.0)
         self.assertEqual(math.copysign(0., 42), 0.0)

Lib/test/test_rational.py

@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ class RationalTest(unittest.TestCase):
         r.__init__(2, 15)
         self.assertEquals((7, 3), _components(r))
 
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, setattr, r, 'numerator', 12)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, setattr, r, 'denominator', 6)
+        self.assertEquals((7, 3), _components(r))
+
+        # But if you _really_ need to:
+        r._numerator = 4
+        r._denominator = 2
+        self.assertEquals((4, 2), _components(r))
+        # Which breaks some important operations:
+        self.assertNotEquals(R(4, 2), r)
+
     def testFromFloat(self):
         self.assertRaisesMessage(
             TypeError, "Rational.from_float() only takes floats, not 3 (int)",
@@ -193,7 +204,7 @@ class RationalTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(R.from_float(0.0).approximate(10000), R(0))
 
     def testConversions(self):
-        self.assertTypedEquals(-1, trunc(R(-11, 10)))
+        self.assertTypedEquals(-1, math.trunc(R(-11, 10)))
         self.assertTypedEquals(-2, math.floor(R(-11, 10)))
         self.assertTypedEquals(-1, math.ceil(R(-11, 10)))
         self.assertTypedEquals(-1, math.ceil(R(-10, 10)))
@@ -337,11 +348,11 @@ class RationalTest(unittest.TestCase):
         # Because 10**23 can't be represented exactly as a float:
         self.assertFalse(R(10**23) == float(10**23))
         # The first test demonstrates why these are important.
-        self.assertFalse(1e23 < float(R(trunc(1e23) + 1)))
+        self.assertFalse(1e23 < float(R(math.trunc(1e23) + 1)))
-        self.assertTrue(1e23 < R(trunc(1e23) + 1))
+        self.assertTrue(1e23 < R(math.trunc(1e23) + 1))
-        self.assertFalse(1e23 <= R(trunc(1e23) - 1))
+        self.assertFalse(1e23 <= R(math.trunc(1e23) - 1))
-        self.assertTrue(1e23 > R(trunc(1e23) - 1))
+        self.assertTrue(1e23 > R(math.trunc(1e23) - 1))
-        self.assertFalse(1e23 >= R(trunc(1e23) + 1))
+        self.assertFalse(1e23 >= R(math.trunc(1e23) + 1))
 
     def testBigComplexComparisons(self):
         self.assertFalse(R(10**23) == complex(10**23))

Modules/mathmodule.c

@@ -205,6 +205,39 @@ FUNC1(tan, tan,
 FUNC1(tanh, tanh,
       "tanh(x)\n\nReturn the hyperbolic tangent of x.")
 
+static PyObject *
+math_trunc(PyObject *self, PyObject *number)
+{
+	static PyObject *trunc_str = NULL;
+	PyObject *trunc;
+
+	if (Py_TYPE(number)->tp_dict == NULL) {
+		if (PyType_Ready(Py_TYPE(number)) < 0)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (trunc_str == NULL) {
+		trunc_str = PyUnicode_InternFromString("__trunc__");
+		if (trunc_str == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	trunc = _PyType_Lookup(Py_TYPE(number), trunc_str);
+	if (trunc == NULL) {
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+			     "type %.100s doesn't define __trunc__ method",
+			     Py_TYPE(number)->tp_name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(trunc, number, NULL);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(math_trunc_doc,
+"trunc(x:Real) -> Integral\n"
+"\n"
+"Truncates x to the nearest Integral toward 0. Uses the __trunc__ magic"
+"method.");
+
 static PyObject *
 math_frexp(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
 {
@@ -428,6 +461,7 @@ static PyMethodDef math_methods[] = {
 	{"sqrt",	math_sqrt,	METH_O,		math_sqrt_doc},
 	{"tan",		math_tan,	METH_O,		math_tan_doc},
 	{"tanh",	math_tanh,	METH_O,		math_tanh_doc},
+ 	{"trunc",	math_trunc,	METH_O,		math_trunc_doc},
 	{NULL,		NULL}		/* sentinel */
 };
 

Modules/posixmodule.c

@@ -3616,11 +3616,11 @@ Return 0 to child process and PID of child to parent process.");
 static PyObject *
 posix_fork1(PyObject *self, PyObject *noargs)
 {
-	int pid = fork1();
+	pid_t pid = fork1();
 	if (pid == -1)
 		return posix_error();
 	PyOS_AfterFork();
-	return PyLong_FromLong((long)pid);
+	return PyLong_FromLong(pid);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -3634,12 +3634,12 @@ Return 0 to child process and PID of child to parent process.");
 static PyObject *
 posix_fork(PyObject *self, PyObject *noargs)
 {
-	int pid = fork();
+	pid_t pid = fork();
 	if (pid == -1)
 		return posix_error();
 	if (pid == 0)
 		PyOS_AfterFork();
-	return PyLong_FromLong((long)pid);
+	return PyLong_FromLong(pid);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -3741,14 +3741,15 @@ To both, return fd of newly opened pseudo-terminal.\n");
 static PyObject *
 posix_forkpty(PyObject *self, PyObject *noargs)
 {
-	int master_fd = -1, pid;
+	int master_fd = -1;
+	pid_t pid;
 
 	pid = forkpty(&master_fd, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	if (pid == -1)
 		return posix_error();
 	if (pid == 0)
 		PyOS_AfterFork();
-	return Py_BuildValue("(ii)", pid, master_fd);
+	return Py_BuildValue("(li)", pid, master_fd);
 }
 #endif
 

Python/bltinmodule.c

@@ -1570,40 +1570,6 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(vars_doc,
 Without arguments, equivalent to locals().\n\
 With an argument, equivalent to object.__dict__.");
 
-static PyObject *
-builtin_trunc(PyObject *self, PyObject *number)
-{
-	static PyObject *trunc_str = NULL;
-	PyObject *trunc;
-
-	if (Py_TYPE(number)->tp_dict == NULL) {
-		if (PyType_Ready(Py_TYPE(number)) < 0)
-			return NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (trunc_str == NULL) {
-		trunc_str = PyUnicode_InternFromString("__trunc__");
-		if (trunc_str == NULL)
-			return NULL;
-	}
-
-	trunc = _PyType_Lookup(Py_TYPE(number), trunc_str);
-	if (trunc == NULL) {
-		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-			     "type %.100s doesn't define __trunc__ method",
-			     Py_TYPE(number)->tp_name);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return PyObject_CallFunction(trunc, "O", number);
-}
-
-PyDoc_STRVAR(trunc_doc,
-"trunc(Real) -> Integral\n\
-\n\
-returns the integral closest to x between 0 and x.");
-
-
-
 static PyObject*
 builtin_sum(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
@@ -1870,7 +1836,6 @@ static PyMethodDef builtin_methods[] = {
  	{"sorted",	(PyCFunction)builtin_sorted,     METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, sorted_doc},
  	{"sum",		builtin_sum,        METH_VARARGS, sum_doc},
  	{"vars",	builtin_vars,       METH_VARARGS, vars_doc},
- 	{"trunc",	builtin_trunc,      METH_O, trunc_doc},
   	{"zip",         builtin_zip,        METH_VARARGS, zip_doc},
 	{NULL,		NULL},
 };

Python/compile.c

@@ -885,24 +885,59 @@ compiler_add_o(struct compiler *c, PyObject *dict, PyObject *o)
 {
 	PyObject *t, *v;
 	Py_ssize_t arg;
+	unsigned char *p, *q;
+	Py_complex z;
+	double d;
+	int real_part_zero, imag_part_zero;
 
 	/* necessary to make sure types aren't coerced (e.g., int and long) */
         /* _and_ to distinguish 0.0 from -0.0 e.g. on IEEE platforms */
         if (PyFloat_Check(o)) {
-            double d = PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(o);
+		d = PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(o);
-            unsigned char* p = (unsigned char*) &d;
+		p = (unsigned char*) &d;
-            /* all we need is to make the tuple different in either the 0.0
+		/* all we need is to make the tuple different in either the 0.0
-             * or -0.0 case from all others, just to avoid the "coercion".
+		 * or -0.0 case from all others, just to avoid the "coercion".
-             */
+		 */
-            if (*p==0 && p[sizeof(double)-1]==0)
+		if (*p==0 && p[sizeof(double)-1]==0)
-                t = PyTuple_Pack(3, o, o->ob_type, Py_None);
+			t = PyTuple_Pack(3, o, o->ob_type, Py_None);
-            else
+		else
-	        t = PyTuple_Pack(2, o, o->ob_type);
+			t = PyTuple_Pack(2, o, o->ob_type);
-        } else {
+	}
-	    t = PyTuple_Pack(2, o, o->ob_type);
+	else if (PyComplex_Check(o)) {
+		/* complex case is even messier: we need to make complex(x,
+		   0.) different from complex(x, -0.) and complex(0., y)
+		   different from complex(-0., y), for any x and y.  In
+		   particular, all four complex zeros should be
+		   distinguished.*/
+		z = PyComplex_AsCComplex(o);
+		p = (unsigned char*) &(z.real);
+		q = (unsigned char*) &(z.imag);
+		/* all that matters here is that on IEEE platforms
+		   real_part_zero will be true if z.real == 0., and false if
+		   z.real == -0.  In fact, real_part_zero will also be true
+		   for some other rarely occurring nonzero floats, but this
+		   doesn't matter. Similar comments apply to
+		   imag_part_zero. */
+		real_part_zero = *p==0 && p[sizeof(double)-1]==0;
+		imag_part_zero = *q==0 && q[sizeof(double)-1]==0;
+		if (real_part_zero && imag_part_zero) {
+			t = PyTuple_Pack(4, o, o->ob_type, Py_True, Py_True);
+		}
+		else if (real_part_zero && !imag_part_zero) {
+			t = PyTuple_Pack(4, o, o->ob_type, Py_True, Py_False);
+		}
+		else if (!real_part_zero && imag_part_zero) {
+			t = PyTuple_Pack(4, o, o->ob_type, Py_False, Py_True);
+		}
+		else {
+			t = PyTuple_Pack(2, o, o->ob_type);
+		}
+        }
+	else {
+		t = PyTuple_Pack(2, o, o->ob_type);
         }
 	if (t == NULL)
-	    return -1;
+		return -1;
 
 	v = PyDict_GetItem(dict, t);
 	if (!v) {

Python/marshal.c

@@ -833,6 +833,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
                                 v = NULL;
                                 break;
                         }
+                        Py_DECREF(v2);
 		}
 		retval = v;
 		break;

configure

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 60144 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 60476 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 3.0.
 #
@@ -10131,6 +10131,411 @@ cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
 _ACEOF
 
 
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for pid_t" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for pid_t... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_type_pid_t+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+typedef pid_t ac__type_new_;
+int
+main ()
+{
+if ((ac__type_new_ *) 0)
+  return 0;
+if (sizeof (ac__type_new_))
+  return 0;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_cv_type_pid_t=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+	ac_cv_type_pid_t=no
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_type_pid_t" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_type_pid_t" >&6; }
+
+# The cast to long int works around a bug in the HP C Compiler
+# version HP92453-01 B.11.11.23709.GP, which incorrectly rejects
+# declarations like `int a3[[(sizeof (unsigned char)) >= 0]];'.
+# This bug is HP SR number 8606223364.
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking size of pid_t" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking size of pid_t... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_sizeof_pid_t+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
+  # Depending upon the size, compute the lo and hi bounds.
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+   typedef pid_t ac__type_sizeof_;
+int
+main ()
+{
+static int test_array [1 - 2 * !(((long int) (sizeof (ac__type_sizeof_))) >= 0)];
+test_array [0] = 0
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_lo=0 ac_mid=0
+  while :; do
+    cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+   typedef pid_t ac__type_sizeof_;
+int
+main ()
+{
+static int test_array [1 - 2 * !(((long int) (sizeof (ac__type_sizeof_))) <= $ac_mid)];
+test_array [0] = 0
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_hi=$ac_mid; break
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+	ac_lo=`expr $ac_mid + 1`
+			if test $ac_lo -le $ac_mid; then
+			  ac_lo= ac_hi=
+			  break
+			fi
+			ac_mid=`expr 2 '*' $ac_mid + 1`
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  done
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+	cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+   typedef pid_t ac__type_sizeof_;
+int
+main ()
+{
+static int test_array [1 - 2 * !(((long int) (sizeof (ac__type_sizeof_))) < 0)];
+test_array [0] = 0
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_hi=-1 ac_mid=-1
+  while :; do
+    cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+   typedef pid_t ac__type_sizeof_;
+int
+main ()
+{
+static int test_array [1 - 2 * !(((long int) (sizeof (ac__type_sizeof_))) >= $ac_mid)];
+test_array [0] = 0
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_lo=$ac_mid; break
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+	ac_hi=`expr '(' $ac_mid ')' - 1`
+			if test $ac_mid -le $ac_hi; then
+			  ac_lo= ac_hi=
+			  break
+			fi
+			ac_mid=`expr 2 '*' $ac_mid`
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+  done
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+	ac_lo= ac_hi=
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+# Binary search between lo and hi bounds.
+while test "x$ac_lo" != "x$ac_hi"; do
+  ac_mid=`expr '(' $ac_hi - $ac_lo ')' / 2 + $ac_lo`
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+   typedef pid_t ac__type_sizeof_;
+int
+main ()
+{
+static int test_array [1 - 2 * !(((long int) (sizeof (ac__type_sizeof_))) <= $ac_mid)];
+test_array [0] = 0
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_hi=$ac_mid
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+	ac_lo=`expr '(' $ac_mid ')' + 1`
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+done
+case $ac_lo in
+?*) ac_cv_sizeof_pid_t=$ac_lo;;
+'') if test "$ac_cv_type_pid_t" = yes; then
+     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot compute sizeof (pid_t)
+See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: cannot compute sizeof (pid_t)
+See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
+   { (exit 77); exit 77; }; }
+   else
+     ac_cv_sizeof_pid_t=0
+   fi ;;
+esac
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+   typedef pid_t ac__type_sizeof_;
+static long int longval () { return (long int) (sizeof (ac__type_sizeof_)); }
+static unsigned long int ulongval () { return (long int) (sizeof (ac__type_sizeof_)); }
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  FILE *f = fopen ("conftest.val", "w");
+  if (! f)
+    return 1;
+  if (((long int) (sizeof (ac__type_sizeof_))) < 0)
+    {
+      long int i = longval ();
+      if (i != ((long int) (sizeof (ac__type_sizeof_))))
+	return 1;
+      fprintf (f, "%ld\n", i);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      unsigned long int i = ulongval ();
+      if (i != ((long int) (sizeof (ac__type_sizeof_))))
+	return 1;
+      fprintf (f, "%lu\n", i);
+    }
+  return ferror (f) || fclose (f) != 0;
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_link"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_link") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && { ac_try='./conftest$ac_exeext'
+  { (case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_try") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  ac_cv_sizeof_pid_t=`cat conftest.val`
+else
+  echo "$as_me: program exited with status $ac_status" >&5
+echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+( exit $ac_status )
+if test "$ac_cv_type_pid_t" = yes; then
+     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot compute sizeof (pid_t)
+See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: cannot compute sizeof (pid_t)
+See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
+   { (exit 77); exit 77; }; }
+   else
+     ac_cv_sizeof_pid_t=0
+   fi
+fi
+rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+rm -f conftest.val
+fi
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_sizeof_pid_t" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_sizeof_pid_t" >&6; }
+
+
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define SIZEOF_PID_T $ac_cv_sizeof_pid_t
+_ACEOF
+
+
 
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for long long support" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for long long support... $ECHO_C" >&6; }

configure.in

@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ AC_TYPE_PID_T
 AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
 AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
 AC_TYPE_UID_T
-AC_CHECK_TYPE(ssize_t, 
+AC_CHECK_TYPE(ssize_t,
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SSIZE_T, 1, Define if your compiler provides ssize_t),,)
 
 # Sizes of various common basic types
@@ -1190,6 +1190,7 @@ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(float, 4)
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(double, 8)
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(fpos_t, 4)
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(size_t, 4)
+AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(pid_t, 4)
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for long long support)
 have_long_long=no

pyconfig.h.in

@@ -872,6 +872,9 @@
 /* The number of bytes in an off_t. */
 #undef SIZEOF_OFF_T
 
+/* The size of `pid_t', as computed by sizeof. */
+#undef SIZEOF_PID_T
+
 /* The number of bytes in a pthread_t. */
 #undef SIZEOF_PTHREAD_T