revert the addition of _pickle because it was causing havok with 64-bit
diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py
index 8f1f9f0..25ffd03 100644
--- a/Lib/pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 
 # Pickling machinery
 
-class _Pickler:
+class Pickler:
 
     def __init__(self, file, protocol=None):
         """This takes a binary file for writing a pickle data stream.
@@ -182,19 +182,21 @@
         All protocols now read and write bytes.
 
         The optional protocol argument tells the pickler to use the
-        given protocol; supported protocols are 0, 1, 2, 3.  The default
-        protocol is 3; a backward-incompatible protocol designed for
-        Python 3.0.
+        given protocol; supported protocols are 0, 1, 2.  The default
+        protocol is 2; it's been supported for many years now.
+
+        Protocol 1 is more efficient than protocol 0; protocol 2 is
+        more efficient than protocol 1.
 
         Specifying a negative protocol version selects the highest
         protocol version supported.  The higher the protocol used, the
         more recent the version of Python needed to read the pickle
         produced.
 
-        The file argument must have a write() method that accepts a single
-        bytes argument. It can thus be a file object opened for binary
-        writing, a io.BytesIO instance, or any other custom object that
-        meets this interface.
+        The file parameter must have a write() method that accepts a single
+        string argument.  It can thus be an open file object, a StringIO
+        object, or any other custom object that meets this interface.
+
         """
         if protocol is None:
             protocol = DEFAULT_PROTOCOL
@@ -202,10 +204,7 @@
             protocol = HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
         elif not 0 <= protocol <= HIGHEST_PROTOCOL:
             raise ValueError("pickle protocol must be <= %d" % HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
-        try:
-            self.write = file.write
-        except AttributeError:
-            raise TypeError("file must have a 'write' attribute")
+        self.write = file.write
         self.memo = {}
         self.proto = int(protocol)
         self.bin = protocol >= 1
@@ -271,10 +270,10 @@
 
         return GET + repr(i).encode("ascii") + b'\n'
 
-    def save(self, obj, save_persistent_id=True):
+    def save(self, obj):
         # Check for persistent id (defined by a subclass)
         pid = self.persistent_id(obj)
-        if pid is not None and save_persistent_id:
+        if pid:
             self.save_pers(pid)
             return
 
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@
     def save_pers(self, pid):
         # Save a persistent id reference
         if self.bin:
-            self.save(pid, save_persistent_id=False)
+            self.save(pid)
             self.write(BINPERSID)
         else:
             self.write(PERSID + str(pid).encode("ascii") + b'\n')
@@ -351,13 +350,13 @@
                     listitems=None, dictitems=None, obj=None):
         # This API is called by some subclasses
 
-        # Assert that args is a tuple
+        # Assert that args is a tuple or None
         if not isinstance(args, tuple):
-            raise PicklingError("args from save_reduce() should be a tuple")
+            raise PicklingError("args from reduce() should be a tuple")
 
         # Assert that func is callable
         if not hasattr(func, '__call__'):
-            raise PicklingError("func from save_reduce() should be callable")
+            raise PicklingError("func from reduce should be callable")
 
         save = self.save
         write = self.write
@@ -439,6 +438,31 @@
             self.write(obj and TRUE or FALSE)
     dispatch[bool] = save_bool
 
+    def save_int(self, obj, pack=struct.pack):
+        if self.bin:
+            # If the int is small enough to fit in a signed 4-byte 2's-comp
+            # format, we can store it more efficiently than the general
+            # case.
+            # First one- and two-byte unsigned ints:
+            if obj >= 0:
+                if obj <= 0xff:
+                    self.write(BININT1 + bytes([obj]))
+                    return
+                if obj <= 0xffff:
+                    self.write(BININT2 + bytes([obj&0xff, obj>>8]))
+                    return
+            # Next check for 4-byte signed ints:
+            high_bits = obj >> 31  # note that Python shift sign-extends
+            if high_bits == 0 or high_bits == -1:
+                # All high bits are copies of bit 2**31, so the value
+                # fits in a 4-byte signed int.
+                self.write(BININT + pack("<i", obj))
+                return
+        # Text pickle, or int too big to fit in signed 4-byte format.
+        self.write(INT + repr(obj).encode("ascii") + b'\n')
+    # XXX save_int is merged into save_long
+    # dispatch[int] = save_int
+
     def save_long(self, obj, pack=struct.pack):
         if self.bin:
             # If the int is small enough to fit in a signed 4-byte 2's-comp
@@ -479,7 +503,7 @@
 
     def save_bytes(self, obj, pack=struct.pack):
         if self.proto < 3:
-            self.save_reduce(bytes, (list(obj),), obj=obj)
+            self.save_reduce(bytes, (list(obj),))
             return
         n = len(obj)
         if n < 256:
@@ -555,6 +579,12 @@
 
     dispatch[tuple] = save_tuple
 
+    # save_empty_tuple() isn't used by anything in Python 2.3.  However, I
+    # found a Pickler subclass in Zope3 that calls it, so it's not harmless
+    # to remove it.
+    def save_empty_tuple(self, obj):
+        self.write(EMPTY_TUPLE)
+
     def save_list(self, obj):
         write = self.write
 
@@ -666,7 +696,7 @@
             module = whichmodule(obj, name)
 
         try:
-            __import__(module, level=0)
+            __import__(module)
             mod = sys.modules[module]
             klass = getattr(mod, name)
         except (ImportError, KeyError, AttributeError):
@@ -690,19 +720,9 @@
                 else:
                     write(EXT4 + pack("<i", code))
                 return
-        # Non-ASCII identifiers are supported only with protocols >= 3.
-        if self.proto >= 3:
-            write(GLOBAL + bytes(module, "utf-8") + b'\n' +
-                  bytes(name, "utf-8") + b'\n')
-        else:
-            try:
-                write(GLOBAL + bytes(module, "ascii") + b'\n' +
-                      bytes(name, "ascii") + b'\n')
-            except UnicodeEncodeError:
-                raise PicklingError(
-                    "can't pickle global identifier '%s.%s' using "
-                    "pickle protocol %i" % (module, name, self.proto))
 
+        write(GLOBAL + bytes(module, "utf-8") + b'\n' +
+              bytes(name, "utf-8") + b'\n')
         self.memoize(obj)
 
     dispatch[FunctionType] = save_global
@@ -761,7 +781,7 @@
 
 # Unpickling machinery
 
-class _Unpickler:
+class Unpickler:
 
     def __init__(self, file, *, encoding="ASCII", errors="strict"):
         """This takes a binary file for reading a pickle data stream.
@@ -821,9 +841,6 @@
         while stack[k] is not mark: k = k-1
         return k
 
-    def persistent_load(self, pid):
-        raise UnpickingError("unsupported persistent id encountered")
-
     dispatch = {}
 
     def load_proto(self):
@@ -833,7 +850,7 @@
     dispatch[PROTO[0]] = load_proto
 
     def load_persid(self):
-        pid = self.readline()[:-1].decode("ascii")
+        pid = self.readline()[:-1]
         self.append(self.persistent_load(pid))
     dispatch[PERSID[0]] = load_persid
 
@@ -862,9 +879,9 @@
             val = True
         else:
             try:
-                val = int(data, 0)
+                val = int(data)
             except ValueError:
-                val = int(data, 0)
+                val = int(data)
         self.append(val)
     dispatch[INT[0]] = load_int
 
@@ -916,8 +933,7 @@
                 break
         else:
             raise ValueError("insecure string pickle: %r" % orig)
-        self.append(codecs.escape_decode(rep)[0]
-                    .decode(self.encoding, self.errors))
+        self.append(codecs.escape_decode(rep)[0])
     dispatch[STRING[0]] = load_string
 
     def load_binstring(self):
@@ -959,7 +975,7 @@
     dispatch[TUPLE[0]] = load_tuple
 
     def load_empty_tuple(self):
-        self.append(())
+        self.stack.append(())
     dispatch[EMPTY_TUPLE[0]] = load_empty_tuple
 
     def load_tuple1(self):
@@ -975,11 +991,11 @@
     dispatch[TUPLE3[0]] = load_tuple3
 
     def load_empty_list(self):
-        self.append([])
+        self.stack.append([])
     dispatch[EMPTY_LIST[0]] = load_empty_list
 
     def load_empty_dictionary(self):
-        self.append({})
+        self.stack.append({})
     dispatch[EMPTY_DICT[0]] = load_empty_dictionary
 
     def load_list(self):
@@ -1006,13 +1022,13 @@
     def _instantiate(self, klass, k):
         args = tuple(self.stack[k+1:])
         del self.stack[k:]
-        instantiated = False
+        instantiated = 0
         if (not args and
                 isinstance(klass, type) and
                 not hasattr(klass, "__getinitargs__")):
             value = _EmptyClass()
             value.__class__ = klass
-            instantiated = True
+            instantiated = 1
         if not instantiated:
             try:
                 value = klass(*args)
@@ -1022,8 +1038,8 @@
         self.append(value)
 
     def load_inst(self):
-        module = self.readline()[:-1].decode("ascii")
-        name = self.readline()[:-1].decode("ascii")
+        module = self.readline()[:-1]
+        name = self.readline()[:-1]
         klass = self.find_class(module, name)
         self._instantiate(klass, self.marker())
     dispatch[INST[0]] = load_inst
@@ -1043,8 +1059,8 @@
     dispatch[NEWOBJ[0]] = load_newobj
 
     def load_global(self):
-        module = self.readline()[:-1].decode("utf-8")
-        name = self.readline()[:-1].decode("utf-8")
+        module = self.readline()[:-1]
+        name = self.readline()[:-1]
         klass = self.find_class(module, name)
         self.append(klass)
     dispatch[GLOBAL[0]] = load_global
@@ -1079,7 +1095,11 @@
 
     def find_class(self, module, name):
         # Subclasses may override this
-        __import__(module, level=0)
+        if isinstance(module, bytes_types):
+            module = module.decode("utf-8")
+        if isinstance(name, bytes_types):
+            name = name.decode("utf-8")
+        __import__(module)
         mod = sys.modules[module]
         klass = getattr(mod, name)
         return klass
@@ -1111,33 +1131,31 @@
     dispatch[DUP[0]] = load_dup
 
     def load_get(self):
-        i = int(self.readline()[:-1])
-        self.append(self.memo[i])
+        self.append(self.memo[self.readline()[:-1].decode("ascii")])
     dispatch[GET[0]] = load_get
 
     def load_binget(self):
-        i = self.read(1)[0]
-        self.append(self.memo[i])
+        i = ord(self.read(1))
+        self.append(self.memo[repr(i)])
     dispatch[BINGET[0]] = load_binget
 
     def load_long_binget(self):
         i = mloads(b'i' + self.read(4))
-        self.append(self.memo[i])
+        self.append(self.memo[repr(i)])
     dispatch[LONG_BINGET[0]] = load_long_binget
 
     def load_put(self):
-        i = int(self.readline()[:-1])
-        self.memo[i] = self.stack[-1]
+        self.memo[self.readline()[:-1].decode("ascii")] = self.stack[-1]
     dispatch[PUT[0]] = load_put
 
     def load_binput(self):
-        i = self.read(1)[0]
-        self.memo[i] = self.stack[-1]
+        i = ord(self.read(1))
+        self.memo[repr(i)] = self.stack[-1]
     dispatch[BINPUT[0]] = load_binput
 
     def load_long_binput(self):
         i = mloads(b'i' + self.read(4))
-        self.memo[i] = self.stack[-1]
+        self.memo[repr(i)] = self.stack[-1]
     dispatch[LONG_BINPUT[0]] = load_long_binput
 
     def load_append(self):
@@ -1303,12 +1321,6 @@
         n -= 1 << (nbytes * 8)
     return n
 
-# Use the faster _pickle if possible
-try:
-    from _pickle import *
-except ImportError:
-    Pickler, Unpickler = _Pickler, _Unpickler
-
 # Shorthands
 
 def dump(obj, file, protocol=None):
@@ -1321,14 +1333,14 @@
     assert isinstance(res, bytes_types)
     return res
 
-def load(file, *, encoding="ASCII", errors="strict"):
-    return Unpickler(file, encoding=encoding, errors=errors).load()
+def load(file):
+    return Unpickler(file).load()
 
-def loads(s, *, encoding="ASCII", errors="strict"):
+def loads(s):
     if isinstance(s, str):
         raise TypeError("Can't load pickle from unicode string")
     file = io.BytesIO(s)
-    return Unpickler(file, encoding=encoding, errors=errors).load()
+    return Unpickler(file).load()
 
 # Doctest
 
diff --git a/Lib/pickletools.py b/Lib/pickletools.py
index 1dd45da..7bc9c67 100644
--- a/Lib/pickletools.py
+++ b/Lib/pickletools.py
@@ -2079,12 +2079,11 @@
    70: t        TUPLE      (MARK at 49)
    71: p    PUT        5
    74: R    REDUCE
-   75: p    PUT        6
-   78: V    UNICODE    'def'
-   83: p    PUT        7
-   86: s    SETITEM
-   87: a    APPEND
-   88: .    STOP
+   75: V    UNICODE    'def'
+   80: p    PUT        6
+   83: s    SETITEM
+   84: a    APPEND
+   85: .    STOP
 highest protocol among opcodes = 0
 
 Try again with a "binary" pickle.
@@ -2116,12 +2115,11 @@
    49: t            TUPLE      (MARK at 37)
    50: q        BINPUT     5
    52: R        REDUCE
-   53: q        BINPUT     6
-   55: X        BINUNICODE 'def'
-   63: q        BINPUT     7
-   65: s        SETITEM
-   66: e        APPENDS    (MARK at 3)
-   67: .    STOP
+   53: X        BINUNICODE 'def'
+   61: q        BINPUT     6
+   63: s        SETITEM
+   64: e        APPENDS    (MARK at 3)
+   65: .    STOP
 highest protocol among opcodes = 1
 
 Exercise the INST/OBJ/BUILD family.
diff --git a/Lib/test/pickletester.py b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
index c9ebdb8..783d361 100644
--- a/Lib/test/pickletester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
     return x
 
 class AbstractPickleTests(unittest.TestCase):
-    # Subclass must define self.dumps, self.loads.
+    # Subclass must define self.dumps, self.loads, self.error.
 
     _testdata = create_data()
 
@@ -463,9 +463,8 @@
             self.assertEqual(list(x[0].attr.keys()), [1])
             self.assert_(x[0].attr[1] is x)
 
-    def test_get(self):
-        self.assertRaises(KeyError, self.loads, b'g0\np0')
-        self.assertEquals(self.loads(b'((Kdtp0\nh\x00l.))'), [(100,), (100,)])
+    def test_garyp(self):
+        self.assertRaises(self.error, self.loads, b'garyp')
 
     def test_insecure_strings(self):
         # XXX Some of these tests are temporarily disabled
@@ -956,7 +955,7 @@
         f = open(TESTFN, "wb")
         try:
             f.close()
-            self.assertRaises(ValueError, pickle.dump, 123, f)
+            self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.module.dump, 123, f)
         finally:
             os.remove(TESTFN)
 
@@ -965,24 +964,24 @@
         f = open(TESTFN, "wb")
         try:
             f.close()
-            self.assertRaises(ValueError, pickle.dump, 123, f)
+            self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.module.dump, 123, f)
         finally:
             os.remove(TESTFN)
 
     def test_highest_protocol(self):
         # Of course this needs to be changed when HIGHEST_PROTOCOL changes.
-        self.assertEqual(pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(self.module.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL, 3)
 
     def test_callapi(self):
         from io import BytesIO
         f = BytesIO()
         # With and without keyword arguments
-        pickle.dump(123, f, -1)
-        pickle.dump(123, file=f, protocol=-1)
-        pickle.dumps(123, -1)
-        pickle.dumps(123, protocol=-1)
-        pickle.Pickler(f, -1)
-        pickle.Pickler(f, protocol=-1)
+        self.module.dump(123, f, -1)
+        self.module.dump(123, file=f, protocol=-1)
+        self.module.dumps(123, -1)
+        self.module.dumps(123, protocol=-1)
+        self.module.Pickler(f, -1)
+        self.module.Pickler(f, protocol=-1)
 
 class AbstractPersistentPicklerTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pickle.py b/Lib/test/test_pickle.py
index 65a7adc..42fb33e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pickle.py
@@ -7,42 +7,37 @@
 from test.pickletester import AbstractPickleModuleTests
 from test.pickletester import AbstractPersistentPicklerTests
 
-try:
-    import _pickle
-    has_c_implementation = True
-except ImportError:
-    has_c_implementation = False
+class PickleTests(AbstractPickleTests, AbstractPickleModuleTests):
 
+    module = pickle
+    error = KeyError
 
-class PickleTests(AbstractPickleModuleTests):
-    pass
+    def dumps(self, arg, proto=None):
+        return pickle.dumps(arg, proto)
 
+    def loads(self, buf):
+        return pickle.loads(buf)
 
-class PyPicklerTests(AbstractPickleTests):
+class PicklerTests(AbstractPickleTests):
 
-    pickler = pickle._Pickler
-    unpickler = pickle._Unpickler
+    error = KeyError
 
     def dumps(self, arg, proto=None):
         f = io.BytesIO()
-        p = self.pickler(f, proto)
+        p = pickle.Pickler(f, proto)
         p.dump(arg)
         f.seek(0)
         return bytes(f.read())
 
     def loads(self, buf):
         f = io.BytesIO(buf)
-        u = self.unpickler(f)
+        u = pickle.Unpickler(f)
         return u.load()
 
-
-class PyPersPicklerTests(AbstractPersistentPicklerTests):
-
-    pickler = pickle._Pickler
-    unpickler = pickle._Unpickler
+class PersPicklerTests(AbstractPersistentPicklerTests):
 
     def dumps(self, arg, proto=None):
-        class PersPickler(self.pickler):
+        class PersPickler(pickle.Pickler):
             def persistent_id(subself, obj):
                 return self.persistent_id(obj)
         f = io.BytesIO()
@@ -52,29 +47,19 @@
         return f.read()
 
     def loads(self, buf):
-        class PersUnpickler(self.unpickler):
+        class PersUnpickler(pickle.Unpickler):
             def persistent_load(subself, obj):
                 return self.persistent_load(obj)
         f = io.BytesIO(buf)
         u = PersUnpickler(f)
         return u.load()
 
-
-if has_c_implementation:
-    class CPicklerTests(PyPicklerTests):
-        pickler = _pickle.Pickler
-        unpickler = _pickle.Unpickler
-
-    class CPersPicklerTests(PyPersPicklerTests):
-        pickler = _pickle.Pickler
-        unpickler = _pickle.Unpickler
-
-
 def test_main():
-    tests = [PickleTests, PyPicklerTests, PyPersPicklerTests]
-    if has_c_implementation:
-        tests.extend([CPicklerTests, CPersPicklerTests])
-    support.run_unittest(*tests)
+    support.run_unittest(
+        PickleTests,
+        PicklerTests,
+        PersPicklerTests
+    )
     support.run_doctest(pickle)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pickletools.py b/Lib/test/test_pickletools.py
index 3e701b0..ccb6c9c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pickletools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pickletools.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     def loads(self, buf):
         return pickle.loads(buf)
 
+    module = pickle
+    error = KeyError
 
 def test_main():
     support.run_unittest(OptimizedPickleTests)