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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r61239 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-03-05 01:44:41 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Add more items; add fragmentary notes
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  r61240 | amaury.forgeotdarc | 2008-03-05 02:50:33 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 13 lines

  Issue#2238: some syntax errors from *args or **kwargs expressions
  would give bogus error messages, because of untested exceptions::

      >>> f(**g(1=2))
      XXX undetected error
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
      TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable

  instead of the expected SyntaxError: keyword can't be an expression

  Will backport.
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  r61241 | neal.norwitz | 2008-03-05 06:10:48 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 3 lines

  Remove the files/dirs after closing the DB so the tests work on Windows.
  Patch from Trent Nelson.  Also simplified removing a file by using test_support.
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  r61242 | neal.norwitz | 2008-03-05 06:14:18 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 3 lines

  Get this test to pass even when there is no sound card in the system.
  Patch from Trent Nelson.  (I can't test this.)
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  r61243 | neal.norwitz | 2008-03-05 06:20:44 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 3 lines

  Catch OSError when trying to remove a file in case removal fails. This
  should prevent a failure in tearDown masking any real test failure.
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  r61244 | neal.norwitz | 2008-03-05 06:38:06 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 5 lines

  Make the timeout longer to give slow machines a chance to pass the test
  before timing out.  This doesn't change the duration of the test under
  normal circumstances.  This is targetted at fixing the spurious failures
  on the FreeBSD buildbot primarily.
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  r61245 | neal.norwitz | 2008-03-05 06:49:03 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Tabs -> spaces
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  r61246 | neal.norwitz | 2008-03-05 06:50:20 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Use -u urlfetch to run more tests
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  r61247 | neal.norwitz | 2008-03-05 06:51:20 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  test_smtplib sometimes reports leaks too, suppress it
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  r61248 | jeffrey.yasskin | 2008-03-05 07:19:56 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 5 lines

  Fix test_socketserver on Windows after r61099 added several signal.alarm()
  calls (which don't exist on non-Unix platforms).

  Thanks to Trent Nelson for the report and patch.
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  r61249 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-05 08:10:35 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix some rst.
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  r61252 | thomas.heller | 2008-03-05 15:53:39 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  News entry for yesterdays commit.
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  r61253 | thomas.heller | 2008-03-05 16:34:29 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 3 lines

  Issue 1872: Changed the struct module typecode from 't' to '?', for
  compatibility with PEP3118.
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  r61254 | skip.montanaro | 2008-03-05 17:41:09 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 4 lines

  Elaborate on the role of the altinstall target when installing multiple
  versions.
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  r61255 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-05 20:31:44 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  #2239: PYTHONPATH delimiter is os.pathsep.
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  r61256 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-05 21:59:58 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  C implementation of itertools.permutations().
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  r61257 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-05 22:04:32 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Small code cleanup.
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  r61260 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-03-05 23:24:31 +0100 (Wed, 05 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  cd PCbuild only after deleting all pyc files.
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  r61261 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-06 02:15:52 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Add examples.
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  r61262 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-03-06 02:36:27 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Add two items
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  r61263 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-06 07:47:18 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  #1725737: ignore other VC directories other than CVS and SVN's too.
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  r61264 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-03-06 07:55:22 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 4 lines

  Patch #2232: os.tmpfile might fail on Windows if the user has no
  permission to create files in the root directory.
  Will backport to 2.5.
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  r61269 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-06 08:19:15 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Expand on re.split behavior with captured expressions.
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  r61270 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-06 08:22:09 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Little clarification of assignments.
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  r61271 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-06 08:31:34 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Add isinstance/issubclass to tutorial.
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  r61272 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-06 08:34:52 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Add missing NEWS entry for r61263.
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  r61273 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-06 08:41:16 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  #2225: return nonzero status code from py_compile if not all files could be compiled.
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  r61274 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-06 08:43:02 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  #2220: handle matching failure more gracefully.
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  r61275 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-06 08:45:52 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Bug #2220: handle rlcompleter attribute match failure more gracefully.
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  r61278 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-03-06 14:49:47 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Rely on x64 platform configuration when building _bsddb on AMD64.
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  r61279 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-03-06 14:50:28 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Update db-4.4.20 build procedure.
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  r61285 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-06 21:52:01 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  More tests.
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  r61286 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-06 23:51:36 +0100 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Issue 2246:  itertools grouper object did not participate in GC (should be backported).
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  r61288 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-07 02:33:20 +0100 (Fri, 07 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Tweak recipes and tests
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  r61289 | jeffrey.yasskin | 2008-03-07 07:22:15 +0100 (Fri, 07 Mar 2008) | 5 lines

  Progress on issue #1193577 by adding a polling .shutdown() method to
  SocketServers. The core of the patch was written by Pedro Werneck, but any bugs
  are mine. I've also rearranged the code for timeouts in order to avoid
  interfering with the shutdown poll.
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  r61290 | nick.coghlan | 2008-03-07 15:13:28 +0100 (Fri, 07 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Speed up with statements by storing the __exit__ method on the stack instead of in a temp variable (bumps the magic number for pyc files)
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  r61298 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-03-07 22:09:23 +0100 (Fri, 07 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Grammar fix
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  r61303 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-08 10:54:06 +0100 (Sat, 08 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  #2253: fix continue vs. finally docs.
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  r61304 | marc-andre.lemburg | 2008-03-08 11:01:43 +0100 (Sat, 08 Mar 2008) | 3 lines

  Add new name for Mandrake: Mandriva.
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  r61305 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-08 11:05:24 +0100 (Sat, 08 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  #1533486: fix types in refcount intro.
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  r61312 | facundo.batista | 2008-03-08 17:50:27 +0100 (Sat, 08 Mar 2008) | 5 lines


  Issue 1106316. post_mortem()'s parameter, traceback, is now
  optional: it defaults to the traceback of the exception that is currently
  being handled.
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  r61313 | jeffrey.yasskin | 2008-03-08 19:26:54 +0100 (Sat, 08 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Add tests for with and finally performance to pybench.
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  r61314 | jeffrey.yasskin | 2008-03-08 21:08:21 +0100 (Sat, 08 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix pybench for pythons < 2.6, tested back to 2.3.
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  r61317 | jeffrey.yasskin | 2008-03-08 22:35:15 +0100 (Sat, 08 Mar 2008) | 3 lines

  Well that was dumb. platform.python_implementation returns a function, not a
  string.
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  r61329 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-09 16:11:39 +0100 (Sun, 09 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  #2249: document assertTrue and assertFalse.
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  r61332 | neal.norwitz | 2008-03-09 20:03:42 +0100 (Sun, 09 Mar 2008) | 4 lines

  Introduce a lock to fix a race condition which caused an exception in the test.
  Some buildbots were consistently failing (e.g., amd64).
  Also remove a couple of semi-colons.
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  r61344 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-11 01:19:07 +0100 (Tue, 11 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Add recipe to docs.
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  r61350 | guido.van.rossum | 2008-03-11 22:18:06 +0100 (Tue, 11 Mar 2008) | 3 lines

  Fix the overflows in expandtabs().  "This time for sure!"
  (Exploit at request.)
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  r61351 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-11 22:37:46 +0100 (Tue, 11 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Improve docs for itemgetter().  Show that it works with slices.
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  r61363 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-13 08:15:56 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  #2265: fix example.
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  r61364 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-13 08:17:14 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  #2270: fix typo.
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  r61365 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-13 08:21:41 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  #1720705: add docs about import/threading interaction, wording by Nick.
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  r61366 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-03-13 12:07:35 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Add class decorators
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  r61367 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-13 17:43:17 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Add 2-to-3 support for the itertools moved to builtins or renamed.
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  r61368 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-13 17:43:59 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Consistent tense.
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  r61369 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-13 20:03:51 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Issue 2274:  Add heapq.heappushpop().
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  r61370 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-13 20:33:34 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Simplify the nlargest() code using heappushpop().
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  r61371 | brett.cannon | 2008-03-13 21:27:00 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 4 lines

  Move test_thread over to unittest. Commits GHOP 237.

  Thanks Benjamin Peterson for the patch.
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  r61372 | brett.cannon | 2008-03-13 21:33:10 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 4 lines

  Move test_tokenize to doctest.

  Done as GHOP 238 by Josip Dzolonga.
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  r61373 | brett.cannon | 2008-03-13 21:47:41 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 4 lines

  Convert test_contains, test_crypt, and test_select to unittest.

  Patch from GHOP 294 by David Marek.
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  r61374 | brett.cannon | 2008-03-13 22:02:16 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 4 lines

  Move test_gdbm to use unittest.

  Closes issue #1960. Thanks Giampaolo Rodola.
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  r61375 | brett.cannon | 2008-03-13 22:09:28 +0100 (Thu, 13 Mar 2008) | 4 lines

  Convert test_fcntl to unittest.

  Closes issue #2055. Thanks Giampaolo Rodola.
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  r61376 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-03-14 06:03:44 +0100 (Fri, 14 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Leave heapreplace() unchanged.
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  r61378 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-03-14 14:56:09 +0100 (Fri, 14 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Patch #2284: add -x64 option to rt.bat.
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  r61379 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-03-14 14:57:59 +0100 (Fri, 14 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Use -x64 flag.
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  r61382 | brett.cannon | 2008-03-14 15:03:10 +0100 (Fri, 14 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Remove a bad test.
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  r61383 | mark.dickinson | 2008-03-14 15:23:37 +0100 (Fri, 14 Mar 2008) | 9 lines

  Issue 705836: Fix struct.pack(">f", 1e40) to behave consistently
  across platforms:  it should now raise OverflowError on all
  platforms.  (Previously it raised OverflowError only on
  non IEEE 754 platforms.)

  Also fix the (already existing) test for this behaviour
  so that it actually raises TestFailed instead of just
  referencing it.
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  r61387 | thomas.heller | 2008-03-14 22:06:21 +0100 (Fri, 14 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Remove unneeded initializer.
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  r61388 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-03-14 22:19:28 +0100 (Fri, 14 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Run debug version, cd to PCbuild.
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  r61392 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-15 00:10:34 +0100 (Sat, 15 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Remove obsolete paragraph. #2288.
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  r61395 | georg.brandl | 2008-03-15 01:20:19 +0100 (Sat, 15 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix lots of broken links in the docs, found by Sphinx' external link checker.
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  r61396 | skip.montanaro | 2008-03-15 03:32:49 +0100 (Sat, 15 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  note that fork and forkpty raise OSError on failure
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  r61402 | skip.montanaro | 2008-03-15 17:04:45 +0100 (Sat, 15 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  add %f format to datetime - issue 1158
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  r61403 | skip.montanaro | 2008-03-15 17:07:11 +0100 (Sat, 15 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  .
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9 files changed, 441 insertions, 43 deletions

diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
index e4fa612..d39cf4b 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static PyTypeObject DictRemover_Type = {
 	0,					/* tp_dictoffset */
 	0,					/* tp_init */
 	0,					/* tp_alloc */
-	PyType_GenericNew,			/* tp_new */
+	0,					/* tp_new */
 	0,					/* tp_free */
 };
 
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ _type_ attribute.
 
 */
 
-static char *SIMPLE_TYPE_CHARS = "cbBhHiIlLdfuzZqQPXOvtg";
+static char *SIMPLE_TYPE_CHARS = "cbBhHiIlLdfuzZqQPXOv?g";
 
 static PyObject *
 c_wchar_p_from_param(PyObject *type, PyObject *value)
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes_test.c b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes_test.c
index 63fb580..ce83df7 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes_test.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes_test.c
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@
 
 /* some functions handy for testing */
 
+EXPORT(void)testfunc_array(int values[4])
+{
+	printf("testfunc_array %d %d %d %d\n",
+	       values[0],
+	       values[1],
+	       values[2],
+	       values[3]);
+}
+
 EXPORT(long double)testfunc_Ddd(double a, double b)
 {
 	long double result = (long double)(a * b);
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c b/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c
index f7c78f3..4e02563 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/cfield.c
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ vBOOL_get(void *ptr, Py_ssize_t size)
 #endif
 
 static PyObject *
-t_set(void *ptr, PyObject *value, Py_ssize_t size)
+bool_set(void *ptr, PyObject *value, Py_ssize_t size)
 {
 	switch (PyObject_IsTrue(value)) {
 	case -1:
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ t_set(void *ptr, PyObject *value, Py_ssize_t size)
 }
 
 static PyObject *
-t_get(void *ptr, Py_ssize_t size)
+bool_get(void *ptr, Py_ssize_t size)
 {
 	return PyBool_FromLong((long)*(BOOL_TYPE *)ptr);
 }
@@ -1665,15 +1665,15 @@ static struct fielddesc formattable[] = {
 	{ 'v', vBOOL_set, vBOOL_get, &ffi_type_sshort},
 #endif
 #if SIZEOF__BOOL == 1
-	{ 't', t_set, t_get, &ffi_type_uchar}, /* Also fallback for no native _Bool support */
+	{ '?', bool_set, bool_get, &ffi_type_uchar}, /* Also fallback for no native _Bool support */
 #elif SIZEOF__BOOL == SIZEOF_SHORT
-	{ 't', t_set, t_get, &ffi_type_ushort},
+	{ '?', bool_set, bool_get, &ffi_type_ushort},
 #elif SIZEOF__BOOL == SIZEOF_INT
-	{ 't', t_set, t_get, &ffi_type_uint, I_set_sw, I_get_sw},
+	{ '?', bool_set, bool_get, &ffi_type_uint, I_set_sw, I_get_sw},
 #elif SIZEOF__BOOL == SIZEOF_LONG
-	{ 't', t_set, t_get, &ffi_type_ulong, L_set_sw, L_get_sw},
+	{ '?', bool_set, bool_get, &ffi_type_ulong, L_set_sw, L_get_sw},
 #elif SIZEOF__BOOL == SIZEOF_LONG_LONG
-	{ 't', t_set, t_get, &ffi_type_ulong, Q_set_sw, Q_get_sw},
+	{ '?', bool_set, bool_get, &ffi_type_ulong, Q_set_sw, Q_get_sw},
 #endif /* SIZEOF__BOOL */
 	{ 'O', O_set, O_get, &ffi_type_pointer},
 	{ 0, NULL, NULL, NULL},
diff --git a/Modules/_heapqmodule.c b/Modules/_heapqmodule.c
index 2ae1f03..97ccd86 100644
--- a/Modules/_heapqmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_heapqmodule.c
@@ -196,6 +196,48 @@ this routine unless written as part of a conditional replacement:\n\n\
             item = heapreplace(heap, item)\n");
 
 static PyObject *
+heappushpop(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	PyObject *heap, *item, *returnitem;
+	int cmp;
+
+	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "heappushpop", 2, 2, &heap, &item))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!PyList_Check(heap)) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "heap argument must be a list");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (PyList_GET_SIZE(heap) < 1) {
+		Py_INCREF(item);
+		return item;
+	}
+
+	cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(item, PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0), Py_LE);
+	if (cmp == -1)
+		return NULL;
+	if (cmp == 1) {
+		Py_INCREF(item);
+		return item;
+	}
+
+	returnitem = PyList_GET_ITEM(heap, 0);
+	Py_INCREF(item);
+	PyList_SET_ITEM(heap, 0, item);
+	if (_siftup((PyListObject *)heap, 0) == -1) {
+		Py_DECREF(returnitem);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return returnitem;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(heappushpop_doc,
+"Push item on the heap, then pop and return the smallest item\n\
+from the heap. The combined action runs more efficiently than\n\
+heappush() followed by a separate call to heappop().");
+
+static PyObject *
 heapify(PyObject *self, PyObject *heap)
 {
 	Py_ssize_t i, n;
@@ -468,6 +510,8 @@ Equivalent to:  sorted(iterable)[:n]\n");
 static PyMethodDef heapq_methods[] = {
 	{"heappush",	(PyCFunction)heappush,		
 		METH_VARARGS,	heappush_doc},
+	{"heappushpop",	(PyCFunction)heappushpop,		
+		METH_VARARGS,	heappushpop_doc},
 	{"heappop",	(PyCFunction)heappop,
 		METH_O,		heappop_doc},
 	{"heapreplace",	(PyCFunction)heapreplace,
diff --git a/Modules/_struct.c b/Modules/_struct.c
index 28f67e9..13ffee7 100644
--- a/Modules/_struct.c
+++ b/Modules/_struct.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static formatdef native_table[] = {
 	{'q',	sizeof(PY_LONG_LONG), LONG_LONG_ALIGN, nu_longlong, np_longlong},
 	{'Q',	sizeof(PY_LONG_LONG), LONG_LONG_ALIGN, nu_ulonglong,np_ulonglong},
 #endif
-	{'t',	sizeof(BOOL_TYPE),	BOOL_ALIGN,	nu_bool,	np_bool},
+	{'?',	sizeof(BOOL_TYPE),	BOOL_ALIGN,	nu_bool,	np_bool},
 	{'f',	sizeof(float),	FLOAT_ALIGN,	nu_float,	np_float},
 	{'d',	sizeof(double),	DOUBLE_ALIGN,	nu_double,	np_double},
 	{'P',	sizeof(void *),	VOID_P_ALIGN,	nu_void_p,	np_void_p},
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ static formatdef bigendian_table[] = {
 	{'L',	4,		0,		bu_uint,	bp_uint},
 	{'q',	8,		0,		bu_longlong,	bp_longlong},
 	{'Q',	8,		0,		bu_ulonglong,	bp_ulonglong},
-	{'t',	1,		0,		bu_bool,	bp_bool},
+	{'?',	1,		0,		bu_bool,	bp_bool},
 	{'f',	4,		0,		bu_float,	bp_float},
 	{'d',	8,		0,		bu_double,	bp_double},
 	{0}
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ static formatdef lilendian_table[] = {
 	{'L',	4,		0,		lu_uint,	lp_uint},
 	{'q',	8,		0,		lu_longlong,	lp_longlong},
 	{'Q',	8,		0,		lu_ulonglong,	lp_ulonglong},
-	{'t',	1,		0,		bu_bool,	bp_bool}, /* Std rep not endian dep,
+	{'?',	1,		0,		bu_bool,	bp_bool}, /* Std rep not endian dep,
 		but potentially different from native rep -- reuse bx_bool funcs. */
 	{'f',	4,		0,		lu_float,	lp_float},
 	{'d',	8,		0,		lu_double,	lp_double},
diff --git a/Modules/datetimemodule.c b/Modules/datetimemodule.c
index 27c404f..798865d 100644
--- a/Modules/datetimemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/datetimemodule.c
@@ -1170,10 +1170,24 @@ make_Zreplacement(PyObject *object, PyObject *tzinfoarg)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+make_freplacement(PyObject *object)
+{
+	char freplacement[7];
+	if (PyTime_Check(object))
+	    sprintf(freplacement, "%06d", TIME_GET_MICROSECOND(object));
+	else if (PyDateTime_Check(object))
+	    sprintf(freplacement, "%06d", DATE_GET_MICROSECOND(object));
+	else
+	    sprintf(freplacement, "%06d", 0);
+
+	return PyString_FromStringAndSize(freplacement, strlen(freplacement));
+}
+
 /* I sure don't want to reproduce the strftime code from the time module,
  * so this imports the module and calls it.  All the hair is due to
- * giving special meanings to the %z and %Z format codes via a preprocessing
- * step on the format string.
+ * giving special meanings to the %z, %Z and %f format codes via a
+ * preprocessing step on the format string.
  * tzinfoarg is the argument to pass to the object's tzinfo method, if
  * needed.
  */
@@ -1185,6 +1199,7 @@ wrap_strftime(PyObject *object, PyObject *format, PyObject *timetuple,
 
 	PyObject *zreplacement = NULL;	/* py string, replacement for %z */
 	PyObject *Zreplacement = NULL;	/* py string, replacement for %Z */
+	PyObject *freplacement = NULL;	/* py string, replacement for %f */
 
 	const char *pin;/* pointer to next char in input format */
         Py_ssize_t flen;/* length of input format */
@@ -1232,7 +1247,7 @@ wrap_strftime(PyObject *object, PyObject *format, PyObject *timetuple,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Scan the input format, looking for %z and %Z escapes, building
+	/* Scan the input format, looking for %z/%Z/%f escapes, building
 	 * a new format.  Since computing the replacements for those codes
 	 * is expensive, don't unless they're actually used.
 	 */
@@ -1295,6 +1310,18 @@ wrap_strftime(PyObject *object, PyObject *format, PyObject *timetuple,
                                                               &ntoappend);
 			ntoappend = Py_SIZE(Zreplacement);
 		}
+		else if (ch == 'f') {
+			/* format microseconds */
+			if (freplacement == NULL) {
+				freplacement = make_freplacement(object);
+				if (freplacement == NULL)
+					goto Done;
+			}
+			assert(freplacement != NULL);
+			assert(PyString_Check(freplacement));
+			ptoappend = PyString_AS_STRING(freplacement);
+			ntoappend = PyString_GET_SIZE(freplacement);
+		}
 		else {
 			/* percent followed by neither z nor Z */
 			ptoappend = pin - 2;
@@ -1341,6 +1368,7 @@ wrap_strftime(PyObject *object, PyObject *format, PyObject *timetuple,
 		Py_DECREF(time);
     	}
  Done:
+	Py_XDECREF(freplacement);
 	Py_XDECREF(zreplacement);
 	Py_XDECREF(Zreplacement);
 	Py_XDECREF(newfmt);
@@ -3800,28 +3828,47 @@ datetime_utcfromtimestamp(PyObject *cls, PyObject *args)
 static PyObject *
 datetime_strptime(PyObject *cls, PyObject *args)
 {
-	PyObject *result = NULL, *obj, *module;
+	static PyObject *module = NULL;
+	PyObject *result = NULL, *obj, *st = NULL, *frac = NULL;
         const Py_UNICODE *string, *format;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "uu:strptime", &string, &format))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if ((module = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("time")) == NULL)
+	if (module == NULL &&
+	    (module = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("_strptime")) == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	obj = PyObject_CallMethod(module, "strptime", "uu", string, format);
-	Py_DECREF(module);
 
+	/* _strptime._strptime returns a two-element tuple.  The first
+	   element is a time.struct_time object.  The second is the
+	   microseconds (which are not defined for time.struct_time). */
+	obj = PyObject_CallMethod(module, "_strptime", "ss", string, format);
 	if (obj != NULL) {
-		int i, good_timetuple = 1, overflow;
-		long int ia[6];
-		if (PySequence_Check(obj) && PySequence_Size(obj) >= 6)
-			for (i=0; i < 6; i++) {
-				PyObject *p = PySequence_GetItem(obj, i);
-				if (p == NULL) {
-					Py_DECREF(obj);
-					return NULL;
+		int i, good_timetuple = 1;
+		long int ia[7];
+		if (PySequence_Check(obj) && PySequence_Size(obj) == 2) {
+			st = PySequence_GetItem(obj, 0);
+			frac = PySequence_GetItem(obj, 1);
+			if (st == NULL || frac == NULL)
+				good_timetuple = 0;
+			/* copy y/m/d/h/m/s values out of the
+			   time.struct_time */
+			if (good_timetuple &&
+			    PySequence_Check(st) &&
+			    PySequence_Size(st) >= 6) {
+				for (i=0; i < 6; i++) {
+					PyObject *p = PySequence_GetItem(st, i);
+					if (p == NULL) {
+						good_timetuple = 0;
+						break;
+					}
+					if (PyLong_Check(p))
+						ia[i] = PyLong_AsLong(p);
+					else
+						good_timetuple = 0;
+					Py_DECREF(p);
 				}
-				if (PyLong_CheckExact(p)) {
+/*				if (PyLong_CheckExact(p)) {
 					ia[i] = PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow(p, &overflow);
 					if (overflow)
 						good_timetuple = 0;
@@ -3829,17 +3876,29 @@ datetime_strptime(PyObject *cls, PyObject *args)
 				else
 					good_timetuple = 0;
 				Py_DECREF(p);
-			}
+*/			}
+			else
+				good_timetuple = 0;
+			/* follow that up with a little dose of microseconds */
+			if (PyLong_Check(frac))
+				ia[6] = PyLong_AsLong(frac);
+			else
+				good_timetuple = 0;
+		}
 		else
 			good_timetuple = 0;
 		if (good_timetuple)
-			result = PyObject_CallFunction(cls, "iiiiii",
-				ia[0], ia[1], ia[2], ia[3], ia[4], ia[5]);
+			result = PyObject_CallFunction(cls, "iiiiiii",
+						       ia[0], ia[1], ia[2],
+						       ia[3], ia[4], ia[5],
+						       ia[6]);
 		else
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-				"unexpected value from time.strptime");
-		Py_DECREF(obj);
+				"unexpected value from _strptime._strptime");
 	}
+	Py_XDECREF(obj);
+	Py_XDECREF(st);
+	Py_XDECREF(frac);
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/Modules/gdbmmodule.c b/Modules/gdbmmodule.c
index cf197f5..a8abbd3 100644
--- a/Modules/gdbmmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/gdbmmodule.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ dbm_subscript(dbmobject *dp, register PyObject *key)
         PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_KeyError, key);
         return NULL;
     }
-    v = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(drec.dptr, drec.dsize);
+    v = PyString_FromStringAndSize(drec.dptr, drec.dsize);
     free(drec.dptr);
     return v;
 }
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ dbm_keys(register dbmobject *dp, PyObject *unused)
 
     key = gdbm_firstkey(dp->di_dbm);
     while (key.dptr) {
-        item = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(key.dptr, key.dsize);
+        item = PyString_FromStringAndSize(key.dptr, key.dsize);
         if (item == NULL) {
             free(key.dptr);
             Py_DECREF(v);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ dbm_firstkey(register dbmobject *dp, PyObject *unused)
     check_dbmobject_open(dp);
     key = gdbm_firstkey(dp->di_dbm);
     if (key.dptr) {
-        v = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(key.dptr, key.dsize);
+        v = PyString_FromStringAndSize(key.dptr, key.dsize);
         free(key.dptr);
         return v;
     }
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ dbm_nextkey(register dbmobject *dp, PyObject *args)
     check_dbmobject_open(dp);
     nextkey = gdbm_nextkey(dp->di_dbm, key);
     if (nextkey.dptr) {
-        v = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(nextkey.dptr, nextkey.dsize);
+        v = PyString_FromStringAndSize(nextkey.dptr, nextkey.dsize);
         free(nextkey.dptr);
         return v;
     }
diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index b52bea8..61128d2 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ _grouper_create(groupbyobject *parent, PyObject *tgtkey)
 {
 	_grouperobject *igo;
 
-	igo = PyObject_New(_grouperobject, &_grouper_type);
+	igo = PyObject_GC_New(_grouperobject, &_grouper_type);
 	if (igo == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 	igo->parent = (PyObject *)parent;
@@ -206,15 +206,25 @@ _grouper_create(groupbyobject *parent, PyObject *tgtkey)
 	igo->tgtkey = tgtkey;
 	Py_INCREF(tgtkey);
 
+	PyObject_GC_Track(igo);
 	return (PyObject *)igo;
 }
 
 static void
 _grouper_dealloc(_grouperobject *igo)
 {
+	PyObject_GC_UnTrack(igo);
 	Py_DECREF(igo->parent);
 	Py_DECREF(igo->tgtkey);
-	PyObject_Del(igo);
+	PyObject_GC_Del(igo);
+}
+
+static int
+_grouper_traverse(_grouperobject *igo, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+	Py_VISIT(igo->parent);
+	Py_VISIT(igo->tgtkey);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -280,9 +290,9 @@ static PyTypeObject _grouper_type = {
 	PyObject_GenericGetAttr,	/* tp_getattro */
 	0,				/* tp_setattro */
 	0,				/* tp_as_buffer */
-	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,		/* tp_flags */
+	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC,	/* tp_flags */
 	0,				/* tp_doc */
-	0, 				/* tp_traverse */
+	(traverseproc)_grouper_traverse,/* tp_traverse */
 	0,				/* tp_clear */
 	0,				/* tp_richcompare */
 	0,				/* tp_weaklistoffset */
@@ -299,7 +309,7 @@ static PyTypeObject _grouper_type = {
 	0,				/* tp_init */
 	0,				/* tp_alloc */
 	0,				/* tp_new */
-	PyObject_Del,			/* tp_free */
+	PyObject_GC_Del,		/* tp_free */
 };
 
  
@@ -2059,6 +2069,281 @@ static PyTypeObject combinations_type = {
 };
 
 
+/* permutations object ************************************************************
+  
+def permutations(iterable, r=None):
+    'permutations(range(3), 2) --> (0,1) (0,2) (1,0) (1,2) (2,0) (2,1)'
+    pool = tuple(iterable)
+    n = len(pool)
+    r = n if r is None else r
+    indices = range(n)
+    cycles = range(n-r+1, n+1)[::-1]
+    yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices[:r])
+    while n:
+        for i in reversed(range(r)):
+            cycles[i] -= 1
+            if cycles[i] == 0:
+                indices[i:] = indices[i+1:] + indices[i:i+1]
+                cycles[i] = n - i
+            else:
+                j = cycles[i]
+                indices[i], indices[-j] = indices[-j], indices[i]
+                yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices[:r])
+                break
+        else:
+            return
+*/
+
+typedef struct {
+	PyObject_HEAD
+	PyObject *pool;			/* input converted to a tuple */
+	Py_ssize_t *indices;            /* one index per element in the pool */
+	Py_ssize_t *cycles;		/* one rollover counter per element in the result */
+	PyObject *result;               /* most recently returned result tuple */
+	Py_ssize_t r;			/* size of result tuple */
+	int stopped;			/* set to 1 when the permutations iterator is exhausted */
+} permutationsobject;
+
+static PyTypeObject permutations_type;
+
+static PyObject *
+permutations_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+	permutationsobject *po;
+	Py_ssize_t n;
+	Py_ssize_t r;
+	PyObject *robj = Py_None;
+	PyObject *pool = NULL;
+	PyObject *iterable = NULL;
+	Py_ssize_t *indices = NULL;
+	Py_ssize_t *cycles = NULL;
+	Py_ssize_t i;
+	static char *kwargs[] = {"iterable", "r", NULL};
+ 
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O|O:permutations", kwargs, 
+					 &iterable, &robj))
+		return NULL;
+
+	pool = PySequence_Tuple(iterable);
+	if (pool == NULL)
+		goto error;
+	n = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(pool);
+
+	r = n;
+	if (robj != Py_None) {
+		if (!PyLong_Check(robj)) {
+			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Expected int as r");
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		r = PyLong_AsSsize_t(robj);
+		if (r == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+			goto error;
+	}
+	if (r < 0) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "r must be non-negative");
+		goto error;
+	}
+	if (r > n) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "r cannot be bigger than the iterable");
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	indices = PyMem_Malloc(n * sizeof(Py_ssize_t));
+	cycles = PyMem_Malloc(r * sizeof(Py_ssize_t));
+	if (indices == NULL || cycles == NULL) {
+    		PyErr_NoMemory();
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	for (i=0 ; i<n ; i++)
+		indices[i] = i;
+	for (i=0 ; i<r ; i++)
+		cycles[i] = n - i;
+
+	/* create permutationsobject structure */
+	po = (permutationsobject *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+	if (po == NULL)
+		goto error;
+
+	po->pool = pool;
+	po->indices = indices;
+	po->cycles = cycles;
+	po->result = NULL;
+	po->r = r;
+	po->stopped = 0;
+
+	return (PyObject *)po;
+
+error:
+	if (indices != NULL)
+		PyMem_Free(indices);
+	if (cycles != NULL)
+		PyMem_Free(cycles);
+	Py_XDECREF(pool);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void
+permutations_dealloc(permutationsobject *po)
+{
+	PyObject_GC_UnTrack(po);
+	Py_XDECREF(po->pool);
+	Py_XDECREF(po->result);
+	PyMem_Free(po->indices);
+	PyMem_Free(po->cycles);
+	Py_TYPE(po)->tp_free(po);
+}
+
+static int
+permutations_traverse(permutationsobject *po, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+	Py_VISIT(po->pool);
+	Py_VISIT(po->result);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+permutations_next(permutationsobject *po)
+{
+	PyObject *elem;
+	PyObject *oldelem;
+	PyObject *pool = po->pool;
+	Py_ssize_t *indices = po->indices;
+	Py_ssize_t *cycles = po->cycles;
+	PyObject *result = po->result;
+	Py_ssize_t n = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(pool);
+	Py_ssize_t r = po->r;
+	Py_ssize_t i, j, k, index;
+
+	if (po->stopped)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (result == NULL) {
+                /* On the first pass, initialize result tuple using the indices */
+		result = PyTuple_New(r);
+		if (result == NULL)
+            		goto empty;
+		po->result = result;
+		for (i=0; i<r ; i++) {
+			index = indices[i];
+    			elem = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(pool, index);
+    			Py_INCREF(elem);
+    			PyTuple_SET_ITEM(result, i, elem);
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (n == 0)
+			goto empty;
+
+		/* Copy the previous result tuple or re-use it if available */
+		if (Py_REFCNT(result) > 1) {
+			PyObject *old_result = result;
+			result = PyTuple_New(r);
+			if (result == NULL)
+				goto empty;
+			po->result = result;
+			for (i=0; i<r ; i++) {
+				elem = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(old_result, i);
+    				Py_INCREF(elem);
+    				PyTuple_SET_ITEM(result, i, elem);
+			}
+			Py_DECREF(old_result);
+		}
+		/* Now, we've got the only copy so we can update it in-place */
+		assert(r == 0 || Py_REFCNT(result) == 1);
+
+                /* Decrement rightmost cycle, moving leftward upon zero rollover */
+		for (i=r-1 ; i>=0 ; i--) {
+			cycles[i] -= 1;
+			if (cycles[i] == 0) {
+				/* rotatation: indices[i:] = indices[i+1:] + indices[i:i+1] */
+				index = indices[i];
+				for (j=i ; j<n-1 ; j++)
+					indices[j] = indices[j+1];
+				indices[n-1] = index;
+				cycles[i] = n - i;
+			} else {
+				j = cycles[i];
+				index = indices[i];
+				indices[i] = indices[n-j];
+				indices[n-j] = index;
+
+				for (k=i; k<r ; k++) {
+					/* start with i, the leftmost element that changed */
+					/* yield tuple(pool[k] for k in indices[:r]) */
+					index = indices[k];
+					elem = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(pool, index);
+    					Py_INCREF(elem);
+					oldelem = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(result, k);
+    					PyTuple_SET_ITEM(result, k, elem);
+					Py_DECREF(oldelem);
+				}
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		/* If i is negative, then the cycles have all
+                   rolled-over and we're done. */
+		if (i < 0)
+			goto empty;
+	}
+	Py_INCREF(result);
+	return result;
+
+empty:
+	po->stopped = 1;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(permutations_doc,
+"permutations(iterables[, r]) --> permutations object\n\
+\n\
+Return successive r-length permutations of elements in the iterable.\n\n\
+permutations(range(4), 3) --> (0,1,2), (0,1,3), (0,2,3), (1,2,3)");
+
+static PyTypeObject permutations_type = {
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
+	"itertools.permutations",		/* tp_name */
+	sizeof(permutationsobject),	/* tp_basicsize */
+	0,				/* tp_itemsize */
+	/* methods */
+	(destructor)permutations_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 */
+	PyObject_GenericGetAttr,	/* tp_getattro */
+	0,				/* tp_setattro */
+	0,				/* tp_as_buffer */
+	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC |
+		Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE,	/* tp_flags */
+	permutations_doc,			/* tp_doc */
+	(traverseproc)permutations_traverse,	/* tp_traverse */
+	0,				/* tp_clear */
+	0,				/* tp_richcompare */
+	0,				/* tp_weaklistoffset */
+	PyObject_SelfIter,		/* tp_iter */
+	(iternextfunc)permutations_next,	/* tp_iternext */
+	0,				/* 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 */
+	0,				/* tp_init */
+	0,				/* tp_alloc */
+	permutations_new,			/* tp_new */
+	PyObject_GC_Del,		/* tp_free */
+};
+
+
 /* filterfalse object ************************************************************/
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -2762,6 +3047,7 @@ inititertools(void)
 		&filterfalse_type,
 		&count_type,
 		&ziplongest_type,
+		&permutations_type,
 		&product_type,         
 		&repeat_type,
 		&groupby_type,
diff --git a/Modules/timemodule.c b/Modules/timemodule.c
index de8c99c..bd0d063 100644
--- a/Modules/timemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/timemodule.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ time_strptime(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
     if (!strptime_module)
         return NULL;
-    strptime_result = PyObject_CallMethod(strptime_module, "strptime", "O", args);
+    strptime_result = PyObject_CallMethod(strptime_module, "_strptime_time", "O", args);
     Py_DECREF(strptime_module);
     return strptime_result;
 }