Backport of several functions from Python 3.0 to 2.6 including PyUnicode_FromString, PyUnicode_Format and PyLong_From/AsSsize_t. The functions are partly required for the backport of the bytearray type and _fileio module. They should also make it easier to port C to 3.0.
First chapter of the Python 3.0 io framework back port: _fileio
The next step depends on a working bytearray type which itself depends on a backport of the nwe buffer API.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 58481bb..c13c4cf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@
exts.append( Extension("_heapq", ["_heapqmodule.c"]) )
# operator.add() and similar goodies
exts.append( Extension('operator', ['operator.c']) )
+ # Python 3.0 _fileio module
+ exts.append( Extension("_fileio", ["_fileio.c"]) )
# _functools
exts.append( Extension("_functools", ["_functoolsmodule.c"]) )
# Python C API test module