Move the 2.6 reST doc tree in place.

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diff --git a/Doc/includes/email-dir.py b/Doc/includes/email-dir.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c04f57d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/email-dir.py
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""Send the contents of a directory as a MIME message."""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import smtplib
+# For guessing MIME type based on file name extension
+import mimetypes
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+from email import encoders
+from email.message import Message
+from email.mime.audio import MIMEAudio
+from email.mime.base import MIMEBase
+from email.mime.image import MIMEImage
+from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+
+COMMASPACE = ', '
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = OptionParser(usage="""\
+Send the contents of a directory as a MIME message.
+
+Usage: %prog [options]
+
+Unless the -o option is given, the email is sent by forwarding to your local
+SMTP server, which then does the normal delivery process.  Your local machine
+must be running an SMTP server.
+""")
+    parser.add_option('-d', '--directory',
+                      type='string', action='store',
+                      help="""Mail the contents of the specified directory,
+                      otherwise use the current directory.  Only the regular
+                      files in the directory are sent, and we don't recurse to
+                      subdirectories.""")
+    parser.add_option('-o', '--output',
+                      type='string', action='store', metavar='FILE',
+                      help="""Print the composed message to FILE instead of
+                      sending the message to the SMTP server.""")
+    parser.add_option('-s', '--sender',
+                      type='string', action='store', metavar='SENDER',
+                      help='The value of the From: header (required)')
+    parser.add_option('-r', '--recipient',
+                      type='string', action='append', metavar='RECIPIENT',
+                      default=[], dest='recipients',
+                      help='A To: header value (at least one required)')
+    opts, args = parser.parse_args()
+    if not opts.sender or not opts.recipients:
+        parser.print_help()
+        sys.exit(1)
+    directory = opts.directory
+    if not directory:
+        directory = '.'
+    # Create the enclosing (outer) message
+    outer = MIMEMultipart()
+    outer['Subject'] = 'Contents of directory %s' % os.path.abspath(directory)
+    outer['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(opts.recipients)
+    outer['From'] = opts.sender
+    outer.preamble = 'You will not see this in a MIME-aware mail reader.\n'
+
+    for filename in os.listdir(directory):
+        path = os.path.join(directory, filename)
+        if not os.path.isfile(path):
+            continue
+        # Guess the content type based on the file's extension.  Encoding
+        # will be ignored, although we should check for simple things like
+        # gzip'd or compressed files.
+        ctype, encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(path)
+        if ctype is None or encoding is not None:
+            # No guess could be made, or the file is encoded (compressed), so
+            # use a generic bag-of-bits type.
+            ctype = 'application/octet-stream'
+        maintype, subtype = ctype.split('/', 1)
+        if maintype == 'text':
+            fp = open(path)
+            # Note: we should handle calculating the charset
+            msg = MIMEText(fp.read(), _subtype=subtype)
+            fp.close()
+        elif maintype == 'image':
+            fp = open(path, 'rb')
+            msg = MIMEImage(fp.read(), _subtype=subtype)
+            fp.close()
+        elif maintype == 'audio':
+            fp = open(path, 'rb')
+            msg = MIMEAudio(fp.read(), _subtype=subtype)
+            fp.close()
+        else:
+            fp = open(path, 'rb')
+            msg = MIMEBase(maintype, subtype)
+            msg.set_payload(fp.read())
+            fp.close()
+            # Encode the payload using Base64
+            encoders.encode_base64(msg)
+        # Set the filename parameter
+        msg.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=filename)
+        outer.attach(msg)
+    # Now send or store the message
+    composed = outer.as_string()
+    if opts.output:
+        fp = open(opts.output, 'w')
+        fp.write(composed)
+        fp.close()
+    else:
+        s = smtplib.SMTP()
+        s.connect()
+        s.sendmail(opts.sender, opts.recipients, composed)
+        s.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/email-mime.py b/Doc/includes/email-mime.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5097253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/email-mime.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Import smtplib for the actual sending function
+import smtplib
+
+# Here are the email package modules we'll need
+from email.mime.image import MIMEImage
+from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart
+
+COMMASPACE = ', '
+
+# Create the container (outer) email message.
+msg = MIMEMultipart()
+msg['Subject'] = 'Our family reunion'
+# me == the sender's email address
+# family = the list of all recipients' email addresses
+msg['From'] = me
+msg['To'] = COMMASPACE.join(family)
+msg.preamble = 'Our family reunion'
+
+# Assume we know that the image files are all in PNG format
+for file in pngfiles:
+    # Open the files in binary mode.  Let the MIMEImage class automatically
+    # guess the specific image type.
+    fp = open(file, 'rb')
+    img = MIMEImage(fp.read())
+    fp.close()
+    msg.attach(img)
+
+# Send the email via our own SMTP server.
+s = smtplib.SMTP()
+s.connect()
+s.sendmail(me, family, msg.as_string())
+s.close()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/email-simple.py b/Doc/includes/email-simple.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44152a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/email-simple.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Import smtplib for the actual sending function
+import smtplib
+
+# Import the email modules we'll need
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+
+# Open a plain text file for reading.  For this example, assume that
+# the text file contains only ASCII characters.
+fp = open(textfile, 'rb')
+# Create a text/plain message
+msg = MIMEText(fp.read())
+fp.close()
+
+# me == the sender's email address
+# you == the recipient's email address
+msg['Subject'] = 'The contents of %s' % textfile
+msg['From'] = me
+msg['To'] = you
+
+# Send the message via our own SMTP server, but don't include the
+# envelope header.
+s = smtplib.SMTP()
+s.connect()
+s.sendmail(me, [you], msg.as_string())
+s.close()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/email-unpack.py b/Doc/includes/email-unpack.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc05d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/email-unpack.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""Unpack a MIME message into a directory of files."""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import email
+import errno
+import mimetypes
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = OptionParser(usage="""\
+Unpack a MIME message into a directory of files.
+
+Usage: %prog [options] msgfile
+""")
+    parser.add_option('-d', '--directory',
+                      type='string', action='store',
+                      help="""Unpack the MIME message into the named
+                      directory, which will be created if it doesn't already
+                      exist.""")
+    opts, args = parser.parse_args()
+    if not opts.directory:
+        parser.print_help()
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    try:
+        msgfile = args[0]
+    except IndexError:
+        parser.print_help()
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    try:
+        os.mkdir(opts.directory)
+    except OSError, e:
+        # Ignore directory exists error
+        if e.errno <> errno.EEXIST:
+            raise
+
+    fp = open(msgfile)
+    msg = email.message_from_file(fp)
+    fp.close()
+
+    counter = 1
+    for part in msg.walk():
+        # multipart/* are just containers
+        if part.get_content_maintype() == 'multipart':
+            continue
+        # Applications should really sanitize the given filename so that an
+        # email message can't be used to overwrite important files
+        filename = part.get_filename()
+        if not filename:
+            ext = mimetypes.guess_extension(part.get_type())
+            if not ext:
+                # Use a generic bag-of-bits extension
+                ext = '.bin'
+            filename = 'part-%03d%s' % (counter, ext)
+        counter += 1
+        fp = open(os.path.join(opts.directory, filename), 'wb')
+        fp.write(part.get_payload(decode=True))
+        fp.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/minidom-example.py b/Doc/includes/minidom-example.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c30c4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/minidom-example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import xml.dom.minidom
+
+document = """\
+<slideshow>
+<title>Demo slideshow</title>
+<slide><title>Slide title</title>
+<point>This is a demo</point>
+<point>Of a program for processing slides</point>
+</slide>
+
+<slide><title>Another demo slide</title>
+<point>It is important</point>
+<point>To have more than</point>
+<point>one slide</point>
+</slide>
+</slideshow>
+"""
+
+dom = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(document)
+
+def getText(nodelist):
+    rc = ""
+    for node in nodelist:
+        if node.nodeType == node.TEXT_NODE:
+            rc = rc + node.data
+    return rc
+
+def handleSlideshow(slideshow):
+    print "<html>"
+    handleSlideshowTitle(slideshow.getElementsByTagName("title")[0])
+    slides = slideshow.getElementsByTagName("slide")
+    handleToc(slides)
+    handleSlides(slides)
+    print "</html>"
+
+def handleSlides(slides):
+    for slide in slides:
+        handleSlide(slide)
+
+def handleSlide(slide):
+    handleSlideTitle(slide.getElementsByTagName("title")[0])
+    handlePoints(slide.getElementsByTagName("point"))
+
+def handleSlideshowTitle(title):
+    print "<title>%s</title>" % getText(title.childNodes)
+
+def handleSlideTitle(title):
+    print "<h2>%s</h2>" % getText(title.childNodes)
+
+def handlePoints(points):
+    print "<ul>"
+    for point in points:
+        handlePoint(point)
+    print "</ul>"
+
+def handlePoint(point):
+    print "<li>%s</li>" % getText(point.childNodes)
+
+def handleToc(slides):
+    for slide in slides:
+        title = slide.getElementsByTagName("title")[0]
+        print "<p>%s</p>" % getText(title.childNodes)
+
+handleSlideshow(dom)
diff --git a/Doc/includes/noddy.c b/Doc/includes/noddy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec2d669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/noddy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#include <Python.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    /* Type-specific fields go here. */
+} noddy_NoddyObject;
+
+static PyTypeObject noddy_NoddyType = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    0,                         /*ob_size*/
+    "noddy.Noddy",             /*tp_name*/
+    sizeof(noddy_NoddyObject), /*tp_basicsize*/
+    0,                         /*tp_itemsize*/
+    0,                         /*tp_dealloc*/
+    0,                         /*tp_print*/
+    0,                         /*tp_getattr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_setattr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_compare*/
+    0,                         /*tp_repr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_number*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_sequence*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_mapping*/
+    0,                         /*tp_hash */
+    0,                         /*tp_call*/
+    0,                         /*tp_str*/
+    0,                         /*tp_getattro*/
+    0,                         /*tp_setattro*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_buffer*/
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,        /*tp_flags*/
+    "Noddy objects",           /* tp_doc */
+};
+
+static PyMethodDef noddy_methods[] = {
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+#ifndef PyMODINIT_FUNC	/* declarations for DLL import/export */
+#define PyMODINIT_FUNC void
+#endif
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initnoddy(void) 
+{
+    PyObject* m;
+
+    noddy_NoddyType.tp_new = PyType_GenericNew;
+    if (PyType_Ready(&noddy_NoddyType) < 0)
+        return;
+
+    m = Py_InitModule3("noddy", noddy_methods,
+                       "Example module that creates an extension type.");
+
+    Py_INCREF(&noddy_NoddyType);
+    PyModule_AddObject(m, "Noddy", (PyObject *)&noddy_NoddyType);
+}
diff --git a/Doc/includes/noddy2.c b/Doc/includes/noddy2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2caf985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/noddy2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+#include <Python.h>
+#include "structmember.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    PyObject *first; /* first name */
+    PyObject *last;  /* last name */
+    int number;
+} Noddy;
+
+static void
+Noddy_dealloc(Noddy* self)
+{
+    Py_XDECREF(self->first);
+    Py_XDECREF(self->last);
+    self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+Noddy_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    Noddy *self;
+
+    self = (Noddy *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    if (self != NULL) {
+        self->first = PyString_FromString("");
+        if (self->first == NULL)
+          {
+            Py_DECREF(self);
+            return NULL;
+          }
+        
+        self->last = PyString_FromString("");
+        if (self->last == NULL)
+          {
+            Py_DECREF(self);
+            return NULL;
+          }
+
+        self->number = 0;
+    }
+
+    return (PyObject *)self;
+}
+
+static int
+Noddy_init(Noddy *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    PyObject *first=NULL, *last=NULL, *tmp;
+
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"first", "last", "number", NULL};
+
+    if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|OOi", kwlist, 
+                                      &first, &last, 
+                                      &self->number))
+        return -1; 
+
+    if (first) {
+        tmp = self->first;
+        Py_INCREF(first);
+        self->first = first;
+        Py_XDECREF(tmp);
+    }
+
+    if (last) {
+        tmp = self->last;
+        Py_INCREF(last);
+        self->last = last;
+        Py_XDECREF(tmp);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+static PyMemberDef Noddy_members[] = {
+    {"first", T_OBJECT_EX, offsetof(Noddy, first), 0,
+     "first name"},
+    {"last", T_OBJECT_EX, offsetof(Noddy, last), 0,
+     "last name"},
+    {"number", T_INT, offsetof(Noddy, number), 0,
+     "noddy number"},
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+static PyObject *
+Noddy_name(Noddy* self)
+{
+    static PyObject *format = NULL;
+    PyObject *args, *result;
+
+    if (format == NULL) {
+        format = PyString_FromString("%s %s");
+        if (format == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (self->first == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_AttributeError, "first");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (self->last == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_AttributeError, "last");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    args = Py_BuildValue("OO", self->first, self->last);
+    if (args == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    result = PyString_Format(format, args);
+    Py_DECREF(args);
+    
+    return result;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef Noddy_methods[] = {
+    {"name", (PyCFunction)Noddy_name, METH_NOARGS,
+     "Return the name, combining the first and last name"
+    },
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+static PyTypeObject NoddyType = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    0,                         /*ob_size*/
+    "noddy.Noddy",             /*tp_name*/
+    sizeof(Noddy),             /*tp_basicsize*/
+    0,                         /*tp_itemsize*/
+    (destructor)Noddy_dealloc, /*tp_dealloc*/
+    0,                         /*tp_print*/
+    0,                         /*tp_getattr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_setattr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_compare*/
+    0,                         /*tp_repr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_number*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_sequence*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_mapping*/
+    0,                         /*tp_hash */
+    0,                         /*tp_call*/
+    0,                         /*tp_str*/
+    0,                         /*tp_getattro*/
+    0,                         /*tp_setattro*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_buffer*/
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, /*tp_flags*/
+    "Noddy objects",           /* tp_doc */
+    0,		               /* tp_traverse */
+    0,		               /* tp_clear */
+    0,		               /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,		               /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    0,		               /* tp_iter */
+    0,		               /* tp_iternext */
+    Noddy_methods,             /* tp_methods */
+    Noddy_members,             /* tp_members */
+    0,                         /* tp_getset */
+    0,                         /* tp_base */
+    0,                         /* tp_dict */
+    0,                         /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                         /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                         /* tp_dictoffset */
+    (initproc)Noddy_init,      /* tp_init */
+    0,                         /* tp_alloc */
+    Noddy_new,                 /* tp_new */
+};
+
+static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+#ifndef PyMODINIT_FUNC	/* declarations for DLL import/export */
+#define PyMODINIT_FUNC void
+#endif
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initnoddy2(void) 
+{
+    PyObject* m;
+
+    if (PyType_Ready(&NoddyType) < 0)
+        return;
+
+    m = Py_InitModule3("noddy2", module_methods,
+                       "Example module that creates an extension type.");
+
+    if (m == NULL)
+      return;
+
+    Py_INCREF(&NoddyType);
+    PyModule_AddObject(m, "Noddy", (PyObject *)&NoddyType);
+}
diff --git a/Doc/includes/noddy3.c b/Doc/includes/noddy3.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60260ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/noddy3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+#include <Python.h>
+#include "structmember.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    PyObject *first;
+    PyObject *last;
+    int number;
+} Noddy;
+
+static void
+Noddy_dealloc(Noddy* self)
+{
+    Py_XDECREF(self->first);
+    Py_XDECREF(self->last);
+    self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+Noddy_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    Noddy *self;
+
+    self = (Noddy *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    if (self != NULL) {
+        self->first = PyString_FromString("");
+        if (self->first == NULL)
+          {
+            Py_DECREF(self);
+            return NULL;
+          }
+        
+        self->last = PyString_FromString("");
+        if (self->last == NULL)
+          {
+            Py_DECREF(self);
+            return NULL;
+          }
+
+        self->number = 0;
+    }
+
+    return (PyObject *)self;
+}
+
+static int
+Noddy_init(Noddy *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    PyObject *first=NULL, *last=NULL, *tmp;
+
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"first", "last", "number", NULL};
+
+    if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|SSi", kwlist, 
+                                      &first, &last, 
+                                      &self->number))
+        return -1; 
+
+    if (first) {
+        tmp = self->first;
+        Py_INCREF(first);
+        self->first = first;
+        Py_DECREF(tmp);
+    }
+
+    if (last) {
+        tmp = self->last;
+        Py_INCREF(last);
+        self->last = last;
+        Py_DECREF(tmp);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyMemberDef Noddy_members[] = {
+    {"number", T_INT, offsetof(Noddy, number), 0,
+     "noddy number"},
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+static PyObject *
+Noddy_getfirst(Noddy *self, void *closure)
+{
+    Py_INCREF(self->first);
+    return self->first;
+}
+
+static int
+Noddy_setfirst(Noddy *self, PyObject *value, void *closure)
+{
+  if (value == NULL) {
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete the first attribute");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  if (! PyString_Check(value)) {
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, 
+                    "The first attribute value must be a string");
+    return -1;
+  }
+      
+  Py_DECREF(self->first);
+  Py_INCREF(value);
+  self->first = value;    
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+Noddy_getlast(Noddy *self, void *closure)
+{
+    Py_INCREF(self->last);
+    return self->last;
+}
+
+static int
+Noddy_setlast(Noddy *self, PyObject *value, void *closure)
+{
+  if (value == NULL) {
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete the last attribute");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  if (! PyString_Check(value)) {
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, 
+                    "The last attribute value must be a string");
+    return -1;
+  }
+      
+  Py_DECREF(self->last);
+  Py_INCREF(value);
+  self->last = value;    
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static PyGetSetDef Noddy_getseters[] = {
+    {"first", 
+     (getter)Noddy_getfirst, (setter)Noddy_setfirst,
+     "first name",
+     NULL},
+    {"last", 
+     (getter)Noddy_getlast, (setter)Noddy_setlast,
+     "last name",
+     NULL},
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+static PyObject *
+Noddy_name(Noddy* self)
+{
+    static PyObject *format = NULL;
+    PyObject *args, *result;
+
+    if (format == NULL) {
+        format = PyString_FromString("%s %s");
+        if (format == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    args = Py_BuildValue("OO", self->first, self->last);
+    if (args == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    result = PyString_Format(format, args);
+    Py_DECREF(args);
+    
+    return result;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef Noddy_methods[] = {
+    {"name", (PyCFunction)Noddy_name, METH_NOARGS,
+     "Return the name, combining the first and last name"
+    },
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+static PyTypeObject NoddyType = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    0,                         /*ob_size*/
+    "noddy.Noddy",             /*tp_name*/
+    sizeof(Noddy),             /*tp_basicsize*/
+    0,                         /*tp_itemsize*/
+    (destructor)Noddy_dealloc, /*tp_dealloc*/
+    0,                         /*tp_print*/
+    0,                         /*tp_getattr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_setattr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_compare*/
+    0,                         /*tp_repr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_number*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_sequence*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_mapping*/
+    0,                         /*tp_hash */
+    0,                         /*tp_call*/
+    0,                         /*tp_str*/
+    0,                         /*tp_getattro*/
+    0,                         /*tp_setattro*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_buffer*/
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, /*tp_flags*/
+    "Noddy objects",           /* tp_doc */
+    0,		               /* tp_traverse */
+    0,		               /* tp_clear */
+    0,		               /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,		               /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    0,		               /* tp_iter */
+    0,		               /* tp_iternext */
+    Noddy_methods,             /* tp_methods */
+    Noddy_members,             /* tp_members */
+    Noddy_getseters,           /* tp_getset */
+    0,                         /* tp_base */
+    0,                         /* tp_dict */
+    0,                         /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                         /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                         /* tp_dictoffset */
+    (initproc)Noddy_init,      /* tp_init */
+    0,                         /* tp_alloc */
+    Noddy_new,                 /* tp_new */
+};
+
+static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+#ifndef PyMODINIT_FUNC	/* declarations for DLL import/export */
+#define PyMODINIT_FUNC void
+#endif
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initnoddy3(void) 
+{
+    PyObject* m;
+
+    if (PyType_Ready(&NoddyType) < 0)
+        return;
+
+    m = Py_InitModule3("noddy3", module_methods,
+                       "Example module that creates an extension type.");
+
+    if (m == NULL)
+      return;
+
+    Py_INCREF(&NoddyType);
+    PyModule_AddObject(m, "Noddy", (PyObject *)&NoddyType);
+}
diff --git a/Doc/includes/noddy4.c b/Doc/includes/noddy4.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..878e086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/noddy4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+#include <Python.h>
+#include "structmember.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    PyObject *first;
+    PyObject *last;
+    int number;
+} Noddy;
+
+static int
+Noddy_traverse(Noddy *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    int vret;
+
+    if (self->first) {
+        vret = visit(self->first, arg);
+        if (vret != 0)
+            return vret;
+    }
+    if (self->last) {
+        vret = visit(self->last, arg);
+        if (vret != 0)
+            return vret;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int 
+Noddy_clear(Noddy *self)
+{
+    PyObject *tmp;
+
+    tmp = self->first;
+    self->first = NULL;
+    Py_XDECREF(tmp);
+
+    tmp = self->last;
+    self->last = NULL;
+    Py_XDECREF(tmp);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+Noddy_dealloc(Noddy* self)
+{
+    Noddy_clear(self);
+    self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+Noddy_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    Noddy *self;
+
+    self = (Noddy *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    if (self != NULL) {
+        self->first = PyString_FromString("");
+        if (self->first == NULL)
+          {
+            Py_DECREF(self);
+            return NULL;
+          }
+        
+        self->last = PyString_FromString("");
+        if (self->last == NULL)
+          {
+            Py_DECREF(self);
+            return NULL;
+          }
+
+        self->number = 0;
+    }
+
+    return (PyObject *)self;
+}
+
+static int
+Noddy_init(Noddy *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    PyObject *first=NULL, *last=NULL, *tmp;
+
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"first", "last", "number", NULL};
+
+    if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|OOi", kwlist, 
+                                      &first, &last, 
+                                      &self->number))
+        return -1; 
+
+    if (first) {
+        tmp = self->first;
+        Py_INCREF(first);
+        self->first = first;
+        Py_XDECREF(tmp);
+    }
+
+    if (last) {
+        tmp = self->last;
+        Py_INCREF(last);
+        self->last = last;
+        Py_XDECREF(tmp);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+static PyMemberDef Noddy_members[] = {
+    {"first", T_OBJECT_EX, offsetof(Noddy, first), 0,
+     "first name"},
+    {"last", T_OBJECT_EX, offsetof(Noddy, last), 0,
+     "last name"},
+    {"number", T_INT, offsetof(Noddy, number), 0,
+     "noddy number"},
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+static PyObject *
+Noddy_name(Noddy* self)
+{
+    static PyObject *format = NULL;
+    PyObject *args, *result;
+
+    if (format == NULL) {
+        format = PyString_FromString("%s %s");
+        if (format == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (self->first == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_AttributeError, "first");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (self->last == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_AttributeError, "last");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    args = Py_BuildValue("OO", self->first, self->last);
+    if (args == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    result = PyString_Format(format, args);
+    Py_DECREF(args);
+    
+    return result;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef Noddy_methods[] = {
+    {"name", (PyCFunction)Noddy_name, METH_NOARGS,
+     "Return the name, combining the first and last name"
+    },
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+static PyTypeObject NoddyType = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    0,                         /*ob_size*/
+    "noddy.Noddy",             /*tp_name*/
+    sizeof(Noddy),             /*tp_basicsize*/
+    0,                         /*tp_itemsize*/
+    (destructor)Noddy_dealloc, /*tp_dealloc*/
+    0,                         /*tp_print*/
+    0,                         /*tp_getattr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_setattr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_compare*/
+    0,                         /*tp_repr*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_number*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_sequence*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_mapping*/
+    0,                         /*tp_hash */
+    0,                         /*tp_call*/
+    0,                         /*tp_str*/
+    0,                         /*tp_getattro*/
+    0,                         /*tp_setattro*/
+    0,                         /*tp_as_buffer*/
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC, /*tp_flags*/
+    "Noddy objects",           /* tp_doc */
+    (traverseproc)Noddy_traverse,   /* tp_traverse */
+    (inquiry)Noddy_clear,           /* tp_clear */
+    0,		               /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,		               /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    0,		               /* tp_iter */
+    0,		               /* tp_iternext */
+    Noddy_methods,             /* tp_methods */
+    Noddy_members,             /* tp_members */
+    0,                         /* tp_getset */
+    0,                         /* tp_base */
+    0,                         /* tp_dict */
+    0,                         /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                         /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                         /* tp_dictoffset */
+    (initproc)Noddy_init,      /* tp_init */
+    0,                         /* tp_alloc */
+    Noddy_new,                 /* tp_new */
+};
+
+static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
+    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+#ifndef PyMODINIT_FUNC	/* declarations for DLL import/export */
+#define PyMODINIT_FUNC void
+#endif
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initnoddy4(void) 
+{
+    PyObject* m;
+
+    if (PyType_Ready(&NoddyType) < 0)
+        return;
+
+    m = Py_InitModule3("noddy4", module_methods,
+                       "Example module that creates an extension type.");
+
+    if (m == NULL)
+      return;
+
+    Py_INCREF(&NoddyType);
+    PyModule_AddObject(m, "Noddy", (PyObject *)&NoddyType);
+}
diff --git a/Doc/includes/run-func.c b/Doc/includes/run-func.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a7df0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/run-func.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include <Python.h>
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    PyObject *pName, *pModule, *pDict, *pFunc;
+    PyObject *pArgs, *pValue;
+    int i;
+
+    if (argc < 3) {
+        fprintf(stderr,"Usage: call pythonfile funcname [args]\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    Py_Initialize();
+    pName = PyString_FromString(argv[1]);
+    /* Error checking of pName left out */
+
+    pModule = PyImport_Import(pName);
+    Py_DECREF(pName);
+
+    if (pModule != NULL) {
+        pFunc = PyObject_GetAttrString(pModule, argv[2]);
+        /* pFunc is a new reference */
+
+        if (pFunc && PyCallable_Check(pFunc)) {
+            pArgs = PyTuple_New(argc - 3);
+            for (i = 0; i < argc - 3; ++i) {
+                pValue = PyInt_FromLong(atoi(argv[i + 3]));
+                if (!pValue) {
+                    Py_DECREF(pArgs);
+                    Py_DECREF(pModule);
+                    fprintf(stderr, "Cannot convert argument\n");
+                    return 1;
+                }
+                /* pValue reference stolen here: */
+                PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, i, pValue);
+            }
+            pValue = PyObject_CallObject(pFunc, pArgs);
+            Py_DECREF(pArgs);
+            if (pValue != NULL) {
+                printf("Result of call: %ld\n", PyInt_AsLong(pValue));
+                Py_DECREF(pValue);
+            }
+            else {
+                Py_DECREF(pFunc);
+                Py_DECREF(pModule);
+                PyErr_Print();
+                fprintf(stderr,"Call failed\n");
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            if (PyErr_Occurred())
+                PyErr_Print();
+            fprintf(stderr, "Cannot find function \"%s\"\n", argv[2]);
+        }
+        Py_XDECREF(pFunc);
+        Py_DECREF(pModule);
+    }
+    else {
+        PyErr_Print();
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load \"%s\"\n", argv[1]);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    Py_Finalize();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/Doc/includes/setup.py b/Doc/includes/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b853d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+setup(name="noddy", version="1.0",
+      ext_modules=[
+         Extension("noddy", ["noddy.c"]),
+         Extension("noddy2", ["noddy2.c"]),
+         Extension("noddy3", ["noddy3.c"]),
+         Extension("noddy4", ["noddy4.c"]),
+         ])
diff --git a/Doc/includes/shoddy.c b/Doc/includes/shoddy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07a4177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/shoddy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#include <Python.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyListObject list;
+    int state;
+} Shoddy;
+
+
+static PyObject *
+Shoddy_increment(Shoddy *self, PyObject *unused)
+{
+    self->state++;
+    return PyInt_FromLong(self->state);
+}
+
+
+static PyMethodDef Shoddy_methods[] = {
+    {"increment", (PyCFunction)Shoddy_increment, METH_NOARGS,
+     PyDoc_STR("increment state counter")},
+    {NULL,	NULL},
+};
+
+static int
+Shoddy_init(Shoddy *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    if (PyList_Type.tp_init((PyObject *)self, args, kwds) < 0)
+        return -1;
+    self->state = 0;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+static PyTypeObject ShoddyType = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    0,                       /* ob_size */
+    "shoddy.Shoddy",         /* tp_name */
+    sizeof(Shoddy),          /* tp_basicsize */
+    0,                       /* tp_itemsize */
+    0,                       /* tp_dealloc */
+    0,                       /* tp_print */
+    0,                       /* tp_getattr */
+    0,                       /* tp_setattr */
+    0,                       /* tp_compare */
+    0,                       /* tp_repr */
+    0,                       /* tp_as_number */
+    0,                       /* tp_as_sequence */
+    0,                       /* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                       /* tp_hash */
+    0,                       /* tp_call */
+    0,                       /* tp_str */
+    0,                       /* tp_getattro */
+    0,                       /* tp_setattro */
+    0,                       /* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT |
+      Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE,   /* tp_flags */
+    0,                       /* tp_doc */
+    0,                       /* tp_traverse */
+    0,                       /* tp_clear */
+    0,                       /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,                       /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    0,                       /* tp_iter */
+    0,                       /* tp_iternext */
+    Shoddy_methods,          /* tp_methods */
+    0,                       /* tp_members */
+    0,                       /* tp_getset */
+    0,                       /* tp_base */
+    0,                       /* tp_dict */
+    0,                       /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                       /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                       /* tp_dictoffset */
+    (initproc)Shoddy_init,   /* tp_init */
+    0,                       /* tp_alloc */
+    0,                       /* tp_new */
+};
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initshoddy(void)
+{
+    PyObject *m;
+
+    ShoddyType.tp_base = &PyList_Type;
+    if (PyType_Ready(&ShoddyType) < 0)
+        return;
+
+    m = Py_InitModule3("shoddy", NULL, "Shoddy module");
+    if (m == NULL)
+        return;
+
+    Py_INCREF(&ShoddyType);
+    PyModule_AddObject(m, "Shoddy", (PyObject *) &ShoddyType);
+}
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_datetime.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_datetime.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3460498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_datetime.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import sqlite3
+import datetime, time
+
+def adapt_datetime(ts):
+    return time.mktime(ts.timetuple())
+
+sqlite3.register_adapter(datetime.datetime, adapt_datetime)
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+now = datetime.datetime.now()
+cur.execute("select ?", (now,))
+print cur.fetchone()[0]
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_point_1.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_point_1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a741f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_point_1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+class Point(object):
+    def __init__(self, x, y):
+        self.x, self.y = x, y
+
+    def __conform__(self, protocol):
+        if protocol is sqlite3.PrepareProtocol:
+            return "%f;%f" % (self.x, self.y)
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+p = Point(4.0, -3.2)
+cur.execute("select ?", (p,))
+print cur.fetchone()[0]
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_point_2.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_point_2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..200a064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_point_2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+class Point(object):
+    def __init__(self, x, y):
+        self.x, self.y = x, y
+
+def adapt_point(point):
+    return "%f;%f" % (point.x, point.y)
+
+sqlite3.register_adapter(Point, adapt_point)
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+p = Point(4.0, -3.2)
+cur.execute("select ?", (p,))
+print cur.fetchone()[0]
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/collation_reverse.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/collation_reverse.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e956402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/collation_reverse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+def collate_reverse(string1, string2):
+    return -cmp(string1, string2)
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+con.create_collation("reverse", collate_reverse)
+
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("create table test(x)")
+cur.executemany("insert into test(x) values (?)", [("a",), ("b",)])
+cur.execute("select x from test order by x collate reverse")
+for row in cur:
+    print row
+con.close()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/complete_statement.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/complete_statement.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22525e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/complete_statement.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# A minimal SQLite shell for experiments
+
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+con.isolation_level = None
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+buffer = ""
+
+print "Enter your SQL commands to execute in sqlite3."
+print "Enter a blank line to exit."
+
+while True:
+    line = raw_input()
+    if line == "":
+        break
+    buffer += line
+    if sqlite3.complete_statement(buffer):
+        try:
+            buffer = buffer.strip()
+            cur.execute(buffer)
+
+            if buffer.lstrip().upper().startswith("SELECT"):
+                print cur.fetchall()
+        except sqlite3.Error, e:
+            print "An error occurred:", e.args[0]
+        buffer = ""
+
+con.close()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/connect_db_1.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/connect_db_1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b97523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/connect_db_1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/connect_db_2.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/connect_db_2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9728b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/connect_db_2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/converter_point.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/converter_point.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e220e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/converter_point.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+class Point(object):
+    def __init__(self, x, y):
+        self.x, self.y = x, y
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "(%f;%f)" % (self.x, self.y)
+
+def adapt_point(point):
+    return "%f;%f" % (point.x, point.y)
+
+def convert_point(s):
+    x, y = map(float, s.split(";"))
+    return Point(x, y)
+
+# Register the adapter
+sqlite3.register_adapter(Point, adapt_point)
+
+# Register the converter
+sqlite3.register_converter("point", convert_point)
+
+p = Point(4.0, -3.2)
+
+#########################
+# 1) Using declared types
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:", detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES)
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("create table test(p point)")
+
+cur.execute("insert into test(p) values (?)", (p,))
+cur.execute("select p from test")
+print "with declared types:", cur.fetchone()[0]
+cur.close()
+con.close()
+
+#######################
+# 1) Using column names
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:", detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_COLNAMES)
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("create table test(p)")
+
+cur.execute("insert into test(p) values (?)", (p,))
+cur.execute('select p as "p [point]" from test')
+print "with column names:", cur.fetchone()[0]
+cur.close()
+con.close()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/countcursors.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/countcursors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df04cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/countcursors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+class CountCursorsConnection(sqlite3.Connection):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        sqlite3.Connection.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.numcursors = 0
+
+    def cursor(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.numcursors += 1
+        return sqlite3.Connection.cursor(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:", factory=CountCursorsConnection)
+cur1 = con.cursor()
+cur2 = con.cursor()
+print con.numcursors
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/createdb.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/createdb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee2950b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/createdb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Not referenced from the documentation, but builds the database file the other
+# code snippets expect.
+
+import sqlite3
+import os
+
+DB_FILE = "mydb"
+
+if os.path.exists(DB_FILE):
+    os.remove(DB_FILE)
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(DB_FILE)
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("""
+        create table people
+        (
+          name_last      varchar(20),
+          age            integer
+        )
+        """)
+
+cur.execute("insert into people (name_last, age) values ('Yeltsin',   72)")
+cur.execute("insert into people (name_last, age) values ('Putin',     51)")
+
+con.commit()
+
+cur.close()
+con.close()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execsql_fetchonerow.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execsql_fetchonerow.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8044ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execsql_fetchonerow.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")
+
+cur = con.cursor()
+SELECT = "select name_last, age from people order by age, name_last"
+
+# 1. Iterate over the rows available from the cursor, unpacking the
+# resulting sequences to yield their elements (name_last, age):
+cur.execute(SELECT)
+for (name_last, age) in cur:
+    print '%s is %d years old.' % (name_last, age)
+
+# 2. Equivalently:
+cur.execute(SELECT)
+for row in cur:
+    print '%s is %d years old.' % (row[0], row[1])
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execsql_printall_1.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execsql_printall_1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d27d735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execsql_printall_1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+# Create a connection to the database file "mydb":
+con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")
+
+# Get a Cursor object that operates in the context of Connection con:
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+# Execute the SELECT statement:
+cur.execute("select * from people order by age")
+
+# Retrieve all rows as a sequence and print that sequence:
+print cur.fetchall()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execute_1.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execute_1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb3784f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execute_1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")
+
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+who = "Yeltsin"
+age = 72
+
+cur.execute("select name_last, age from people where name_last=? and age=?", (who, age))
+print cur.fetchone()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execute_2.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execute_2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df6c894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execute_2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")
+
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+who = "Yeltsin"
+age = 72
+
+cur.execute("select name_last, age from people where name_last=:who and age=:age",
+    {"who": who, "age": age})
+print cur.fetchone()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execute_3.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execute_3.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b64621f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/execute_3.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")
+
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+who = "Yeltsin"
+age = 72
+
+cur.execute("select name_last, age from people where name_last=:who and age=:age",
+    locals())
+print cur.fetchone()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/executemany_1.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/executemany_1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24357c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/executemany_1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+class IterChars:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.count = ord('a')
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def next(self):
+        if self.count > ord('z'):
+            raise StopIteration
+        self.count += 1
+        return (chr(self.count - 1),) # this is a 1-tuple
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("create table characters(c)")
+
+theIter = IterChars()
+cur.executemany("insert into characters(c) values (?)", theIter)
+
+cur.execute("select c from characters")
+print cur.fetchall()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/executemany_2.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/executemany_2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05857c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/executemany_2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+def char_generator():
+    import string
+    for c in string.letters[:26]:
+        yield (c,)
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("create table characters(c)")
+
+cur.executemany("insert into characters(c) values (?)", char_generator())
+
+cur.execute("select c from characters")
+print cur.fetchall()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/executescript.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/executescript.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e53581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/executescript.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.executescript("""
+    create table person(
+        firstname,
+        lastname,
+        age
+    );
+
+    create table book(
+        title,
+        author,
+        published
+    );
+
+    insert into book(title, author, published)
+    values (
+        'Dirk Gently''s Holistic Detective Agency',
+        'Douglas Adams',
+        1987
+    );
+    """)
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/insert_more_people.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/insert_more_people.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edbc79e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/insert_more_people.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")
+
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+newPeople = (
+    ('Lebed'       , 53),
+    ('Zhirinovsky' , 57),
+  )
+
+for person in newPeople:
+    cur.execute("insert into people (name_last, age) values (?, ?)", person)
+
+# The changes will not be saved unless the transaction is committed explicitly:
+con.commit()
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/md5func.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/md5func.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5769687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/md5func.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import sqlite3
+import md5
+
+def md5sum(t):
+    return md5.md5(t).hexdigest()
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+con.create_function("md5", 1, md5sum)
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("select md5(?)", ("foo",))
+print cur.fetchone()[0]
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/mysumaggr.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/mysumaggr.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d0cd55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/mysumaggr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+class MySum:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.count = 0
+
+    def step(self, value):
+        self.count += value
+
+    def finalize(self):
+        return self.count
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+con.create_aggregate("mysum", 1, MySum)
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("create table test(i)")
+cur.execute("insert into test(i) values (1)")
+cur.execute("insert into test(i) values (2)")
+cur.execute("select mysum(i) from test")
+print cur.fetchone()[0]
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/parse_colnames.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/parse_colnames.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcded00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/parse_colnames.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import sqlite3
+import datetime
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:", detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_COLNAMES)
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute('select ? as "x [timestamp]"', (datetime.datetime.now(),))
+dt = cur.fetchone()[0]
+print dt, type(dt)
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/pysqlite_datetime.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/pysqlite_datetime.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efa4b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/pysqlite_datetime.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import sqlite3
+import datetime
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:", detect_types=sqlite3.PARSE_DECLTYPES|sqlite3.PARSE_COLNAMES)
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("create table test(d date, ts timestamp)")
+
+today = datetime.date.today()
+now = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+cur.execute("insert into test(d, ts) values (?, ?)", (today, now))
+cur.execute("select d, ts from test")
+row = cur.fetchone()
+print today, "=>", row[0], type(row[0])
+print now, "=>", row[1], type(row[1])
+
+cur.execute('select current_date as "d [date]", current_timestamp as "ts [timestamp]"')
+row = cur.fetchone()
+print "current_date", row[0], type(row[0])
+print "current_timestamp", row[1], type(row[1])
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/row_factory.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/row_factory.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64676c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/row_factory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+def dict_factory(cursor, row):
+    d = {}
+    for idx, col in enumerate(cursor.description):
+        d[col[0]] = row[idx]
+    return d
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+con.row_factory = dict_factory
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("select 1 as a")
+print cur.fetchone()["a"]
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/rowclass.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/rowclass.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fa0b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/rowclass.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")
+con.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute("select name_last, age from people")
+for row in cur:
+    assert row[0] == row["name_last"]
+    assert row["name_last"] == row["nAmE_lAsT"]
+    assert row[1] == row["age"]
+    assert row[1] == row["AgE"]
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/shared_cache.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/shared_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf1d7b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/shared_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+# The shared cache is only available in SQLite versions 3.3.3 or later
+# See the SQLite documentaton for details.
+
+sqlite3.enable_shared_cache(True)
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/shortcut_methods.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/shortcut_methods.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72ed4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/shortcut_methods.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+persons = [
+    ("Hugo", "Boss"),
+    ("Calvin", "Klein")
+    ]
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+
+# Create the table
+con.execute("create table person(firstname, lastname)")
+
+# Fill the table
+con.executemany("insert into person(firstname, lastname) values (?, ?)", persons)
+
+# Print the table contents
+for row in con.execute("select firstname, lastname from person"):
+    print row
+
+# Using a dummy WHERE clause to not let SQLite take the shortcut table deletes.
+print "I just deleted", con.execute("delete from person where 1=1").rowcount, "rows"
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/simple_tableprinter.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/simple_tableprinter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67ea6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/simple_tableprinter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+FIELD_MAX_WIDTH = 20
+TABLE_NAME = 'people'
+SELECT = 'select * from %s order by age, name_last' % TABLE_NAME
+
+con = sqlite3.connect("mydb")
+
+cur = con.cursor()
+cur.execute(SELECT)
+
+# Print a header.
+for fieldDesc in cur.description:
+    print fieldDesc[0].ljust(FIELD_MAX_WIDTH) ,
+print # Finish the header with a newline.
+print '-' * 78
+
+# For each row, print the value of each field left-justified within
+# the maximum possible width of that field.
+fieldIndices = range(len(cur.description))
+for row in cur:
+    for fieldIndex in fieldIndices:
+        fieldValue = str(row[fieldIndex])
+        print fieldValue.ljust(FIELD_MAX_WIDTH) ,
+
+    print # Finish the row with a newline.
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/text_factory.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/text_factory.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e157a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/text_factory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import sqlite3
+
+con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+cur = con.cursor()
+
+# Create the table
+con.execute("create table person(lastname, firstname)")
+
+AUSTRIA = u"\xd6sterreich"
+
+# by default, rows are returned as Unicode
+cur.execute("select ?", (AUSTRIA,))
+row = cur.fetchone()
+assert row[0] == AUSTRIA
+
+# but we can make pysqlite always return bytestrings ...
+con.text_factory = str
+cur.execute("select ?", (AUSTRIA,))
+row = cur.fetchone()
+assert type(row[0]) == str
+# the bytestrings will be encoded in UTF-8, unless you stored garbage in the
+# database ...
+assert row[0] == AUSTRIA.encode("utf-8")
+
+# we can also implement a custom text_factory ...
+# here we implement one that will ignore Unicode characters that cannot be
+# decoded from UTF-8
+con.text_factory = lambda x: unicode(x, "utf-8", "ignore")
+cur.execute("select ?", ("this is latin1 and would normally create errors" + u"\xe4\xf6\xfc".encode("latin1"),))
+row = cur.fetchone()
+assert type(row[0]) == unicode
+
+# pysqlite offers a builtin optimized text_factory that will return bytestring
+# objects, if the data is in ASCII only, and otherwise return unicode objects
+con.text_factory = sqlite3.OptimizedUnicode
+cur.execute("select ?", (AUSTRIA,))
+row = cur.fetchone()
+assert type(row[0]) == unicode
+
+cur.execute("select ?", ("Germany",))
+row = cur.fetchone()
+assert type(row[0]) == str
diff --git a/Doc/includes/test.py b/Doc/includes/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ebf46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+"""Test module for the noddy examples
+
+Noddy 1:
+
+>>> import noddy
+>>> n1 = noddy.Noddy()
+>>> n2 = noddy.Noddy()
+>>> del n1
+>>> del n2
+
+
+Noddy 2
+
+>>> import noddy2
+>>> n1 = noddy2.Noddy('jim', 'fulton', 42)
+>>> n1.first
+'jim'
+>>> n1.last
+'fulton'
+>>> n1.number
+42
+>>> n1.name()
+'jim fulton'
+>>> n1.first = 'will'
+>>> n1.name()
+'will fulton'
+>>> n1.last = 'tell'
+>>> n1.name()
+'will tell'
+>>> del n1.first
+>>> n1.name()
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+AttributeError: first
+>>> n1.first
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+AttributeError: first
+>>> n1.first = 'drew'
+>>> n1.first
+'drew'
+>>> del n1.number
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+TypeError: can't delete numeric/char attribute
+>>> n1.number=2
+>>> n1.number
+2
+>>> n1.first = 42
+>>> n1.name()
+'42 tell'
+>>> n2 = noddy2.Noddy()
+>>> n2.name()
+' '
+>>> n2.first
+''
+>>> n2.last
+''
+>>> del n2.first
+>>> n2.first
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+AttributeError: first
+>>> n2.first
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+AttributeError: first
+>>> n2.name()
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
+AttributeError: first
+>>> n2.number
+0
+>>> n3 = noddy2.Noddy('jim', 'fulton', 'waaa')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
+TypeError: an integer is required
+>>> del n1
+>>> del n2
+
+
+Noddy 3
+
+>>> import noddy3
+>>> n1 = noddy3.Noddy('jim', 'fulton', 42)
+>>> n1 = noddy3.Noddy('jim', 'fulton', 42)
+>>> n1.name()
+'jim fulton'
+>>> del n1.first
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
+TypeError: Cannot delete the first attribute
+>>> n1.first = 42
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
+TypeError: The first attribute value must be a string
+>>> n1.first = 'will'
+>>> n1.name()
+'will fulton'
+>>> n2 = noddy3.Noddy()
+>>> n2 = noddy3.Noddy()
+>>> n2 = noddy3.Noddy()
+>>> n3 = noddy3.Noddy('jim', 'fulton', 'waaa')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
+TypeError: an integer is required
+>>> del n1
+>>> del n2
+
+Noddy 4
+
+>>> import noddy4
+>>> n1 = noddy4.Noddy('jim', 'fulton', 42)
+>>> n1.first
+'jim'
+>>> n1.last
+'fulton'
+>>> n1.number
+42
+>>> n1.name()
+'jim fulton'
+>>> n1.first = 'will'
+>>> n1.name()
+'will fulton'
+>>> n1.last = 'tell'
+>>> n1.name()
+'will tell'
+>>> del n1.first
+>>> n1.name()
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+AttributeError: first
+>>> n1.first
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+AttributeError: first
+>>> n1.first = 'drew'
+>>> n1.first
+'drew'
+>>> del n1.number
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+TypeError: can't delete numeric/char attribute
+>>> n1.number=2
+>>> n1.number
+2
+>>> n1.first = 42
+>>> n1.name()
+'42 tell'
+>>> n2 = noddy4.Noddy()
+>>> n2 = noddy4.Noddy()
+>>> n2 = noddy4.Noddy()
+>>> n2 = noddy4.Noddy()
+>>> n2.name()
+' '
+>>> n2.first
+''
+>>> n2.last
+''
+>>> del n2.first
+>>> n2.first
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+AttributeError: first
+>>> n2.first
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+...
+AttributeError: first
+>>> n2.name()
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
+AttributeError: first
+>>> n2.number
+0
+>>> n3 = noddy4.Noddy('jim', 'fulton', 'waaa')
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
+TypeError: an integer is required
+
+
+Test cyclic gc(?)
+
+>>> import gc
+>>> gc.disable()
+
+>>> x = []
+>>> l = [x]
+>>> n2.first = l
+>>> n2.first
+[[]]
+>>> l.append(n2)
+>>> del l
+>>> del n1
+>>> del n2
+>>> sys.getrefcount(x)
+3
+>>> ignore = gc.collect()
+>>> sys.getrefcount(x)
+2
+
+>>> gc.enable()
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+from distutils.util import get_platform
+PLAT_SPEC = "%s-%s" % (get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
+src = os.path.join("build", "lib.%s" % PLAT_SPEC)
+sys.path.append(src)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest, __main__
+    doctest.testmod(__main__)
diff --git a/Doc/includes/typestruct.h b/Doc/includes/typestruct.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0afe375
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/typestruct.h
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+typedef struct _typeobject {
+    PyObject_VAR_HEAD
+    char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */
+    int tp_basicsize, tp_itemsize; /* For allocation */
+
+    /* Methods to implement standard operations */
+
+    destructor tp_dealloc;
+    printfunc tp_print;
+    getattrfunc tp_getattr;
+    setattrfunc tp_setattr;
+    cmpfunc tp_compare;
+    reprfunc tp_repr;
+
+    /* Method suites for standard classes */
+
+    PyNumberMethods *tp_as_number;
+    PySequenceMethods *tp_as_sequence;
+    PyMappingMethods *tp_as_mapping;
+
+    /* More standard operations (here for binary compatibility) */
+
+    hashfunc tp_hash;
+    ternaryfunc tp_call;
+    reprfunc tp_str;
+    getattrofunc tp_getattro;
+    setattrofunc tp_setattro;
+
+    /* Functions to access object as input/output buffer */
+    PyBufferProcs *tp_as_buffer;
+
+    /* Flags to define presence of optional/expanded features */
+    long tp_flags;
+
+    char *tp_doc; /* Documentation string */
+
+    /* Assigned meaning in release 2.0 */
+    /* call function for all accessible objects */
+    traverseproc tp_traverse;
+
+    /* delete references to contained objects */
+    inquiry tp_clear;
+
+    /* Assigned meaning in release 2.1 */
+    /* rich comparisons */
+    richcmpfunc tp_richcompare;
+
+    /* weak reference enabler */
+    long tp_weaklistoffset;
+
+    /* Added in release 2.2 */
+    /* Iterators */
+    getiterfunc tp_iter;
+    iternextfunc tp_iternext;
+
+    /* Attribute descriptor and subclassing stuff */
+    struct PyMethodDef *tp_methods;
+    struct PyMemberDef *tp_members;
+    struct PyGetSetDef *tp_getset;
+    struct _typeobject *tp_base;
+    PyObject *tp_dict;
+    descrgetfunc tp_descr_get;
+    descrsetfunc tp_descr_set;
+    long tp_dictoffset;
+    initproc tp_init;
+    allocfunc tp_alloc;
+    newfunc tp_new;
+    freefunc tp_free; /* Low-level free-memory routine */
+    inquiry tp_is_gc; /* For PyObject_IS_GC */
+    PyObject *tp_bases;
+    PyObject *tp_mro; /* method resolution order */
+    PyObject *tp_cache;
+    PyObject *tp_subclasses;
+    PyObject *tp_weaklist;
+
+} PyTypeObject;
diff --git a/Doc/includes/tzinfo-examples.py b/Doc/includes/tzinfo-examples.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a2b8ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/includes/tzinfo-examples.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+from datetime import tzinfo, timedelta, datetime
+
+ZERO = timedelta(0)
+HOUR = timedelta(hours=1)
+
+# A UTC class.
+
+class UTC(tzinfo):
+    """UTC"""
+
+    def utcoffset(self, dt):
+        return ZERO
+
+    def tzname(self, dt):
+        return "UTC"
+
+    def dst(self, dt):
+        return ZERO
+
+utc = UTC()
+
+# A class building tzinfo objects for fixed-offset time zones.
+# Note that FixedOffset(0, "UTC") is a different way to build a
+# UTC tzinfo object.
+
+class FixedOffset(tzinfo):
+    """Fixed offset in minutes east from UTC."""
+
+    def __init__(self, offset, name):
+        self.__offset = timedelta(minutes = offset)
+        self.__name = name
+
+    def utcoffset(self, dt):
+        return self.__offset
+
+    def tzname(self, dt):
+        return self.__name
+
+    def dst(self, dt):
+        return ZERO
+
+# A class capturing the platform's idea of local time.
+
+import time as _time
+
+STDOFFSET = timedelta(seconds = -_time.timezone)
+if _time.daylight:
+    DSTOFFSET = timedelta(seconds = -_time.altzone)
+else:
+    DSTOFFSET = STDOFFSET
+
+DSTDIFF = DSTOFFSET - STDOFFSET
+
+class LocalTimezone(tzinfo):
+
+    def utcoffset(self, dt):
+        if self._isdst(dt):
+            return DSTOFFSET
+        else:
+            return STDOFFSET
+
+    def dst(self, dt):
+        if self._isdst(dt):
+            return DSTDIFF
+        else:
+            return ZERO
+
+    def tzname(self, dt):
+        return _time.tzname[self._isdst(dt)]
+
+    def _isdst(self, dt):
+        tt = (dt.year, dt.month, dt.day,
+              dt.hour, dt.minute, dt.second,
+              dt.weekday(), 0, -1)
+        stamp = _time.mktime(tt)
+        tt = _time.localtime(stamp)
+        return tt.tm_isdst > 0
+
+Local = LocalTimezone()
+
+
+# A complete implementation of current DST rules for major US time zones.
+
+def first_sunday_on_or_after(dt):
+    days_to_go = 6 - dt.weekday()
+    if days_to_go:
+        dt += timedelta(days_to_go)
+    return dt
+
+# In the US, DST starts at 2am (standard time) on the first Sunday in April.
+DSTSTART = datetime(1, 4, 1, 2)
+# and ends at 2am (DST time; 1am standard time) on the last Sunday of Oct.
+# which is the first Sunday on or after Oct 25.
+DSTEND = datetime(1, 10, 25, 1)
+
+class USTimeZone(tzinfo):
+
+    def __init__(self, hours, reprname, stdname, dstname):
+        self.stdoffset = timedelta(hours=hours)
+        self.reprname = reprname
+        self.stdname = stdname
+        self.dstname = dstname
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.reprname
+
+    def tzname(self, dt):
+        if self.dst(dt):
+            return self.dstname
+        else:
+            return self.stdname
+
+    def utcoffset(self, dt):
+        return self.stdoffset + self.dst(dt)
+
+    def dst(self, dt):
+        if dt is None or dt.tzinfo is None:
+            # An exception may be sensible here, in one or both cases.
+            # It depends on how you want to treat them.  The default
+            # fromutc() implementation (called by the default astimezone()
+            # implementation) passes a datetime with dt.tzinfo is self.
+            return ZERO
+        assert dt.tzinfo is self
+
+        # Find first Sunday in April & the last in October.
+        start = first_sunday_on_or_after(DSTSTART.replace(year=dt.year))
+        end = first_sunday_on_or_after(DSTEND.replace(year=dt.year))
+
+        # Can't compare naive to aware objects, so strip the timezone from
+        # dt first.
+        if start <= dt.replace(tzinfo=None) < end:
+            return HOUR
+        else:
+            return ZERO
+
+Eastern  = USTimeZone(-5, "Eastern",  "EST", "EDT")
+Central  = USTimeZone(-6, "Central",  "CST", "CDT")
+Mountain = USTimeZone(-7, "Mountain", "MST", "MDT")
+Pacific  = USTimeZone(-8, "Pacific",  "PST", "PDT")