Merged revisions 67889-67892,67895,67898,67904-67907,67912,67918,67920-67921,67923-67924,67926-67927,67930,67943 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r67889 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-20 19:04:32 -0600 (Sat, 20 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  sphinx.web is long gone
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  r67890 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-20 19:12:26 -0600 (Sat, 20 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  update readme
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  r67891 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-20 19:14:47 -0600 (Sat, 20 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  there are way too many places which need to have the current version added
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  r67892 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-20 19:29:32 -0600 (Sat, 20 Dec 2008) | 9 lines

  Merged revisions 67809 via svnmerge from
  svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/sandbox/trunk/2to3/lib2to3

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    r67809 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-15 21:54:45 -0600 (Mon, 15 Dec 2008) | 1 line

    fix logic error
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  r67895 | neal.norwitz | 2008-12-21 08:28:32 -0600 (Sun, 21 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Add Tarek for work on distutils.
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  r67898 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-21 15:00:53 -0600 (Sun, 21 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  compute DISTVERSION with patchlevel.py
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  r67904 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-22 14:44:58 -0600 (Mon, 22 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  less attitude
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  r67905 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-22 14:51:15 -0600 (Mon, 22 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  fix #4720: the format to PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords can now start with '|'
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  r67906 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-22 14:52:53 -0600 (Mon, 22 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  add NEWS note
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  r67907 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-22 16:12:19 -0600 (Mon, 22 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  silence compiler warning
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  r67912 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-23 06:37:21 -0600 (Tue, 23 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix missing "svn" command.
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  r67918 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-23 09:44:25 -0600 (Tue, 23 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Markup fix.
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  r67920 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-23 14:09:28 -0600 (Tue, 23 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  use a global variable, so the compiler doesn't optimize the assignment out
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  r67921 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-23 14:12:33 -0600 (Tue, 23 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  make global static
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  r67923 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-24 09:10:27 -0600 (Wed, 24 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  #4736 BufferRWPair.closed shouldn't try to call another property as a function
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  r67924 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-24 10:10:05 -0600 (Wed, 24 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  pretend exceptions don't exist a while longer
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  r67926 | tarek.ziade | 2008-12-24 13:10:05 -0600 (Wed, 24 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  fixed #4400 : distutils .pypirc default generated file was broken.
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  r67927 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-26 17:26:30 -0600 (Fri, 26 Dec 2008) | 1 line

  python version is included in file name now
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  r67930 | hirokazu.yamamoto | 2008-12-26 22:19:48 -0600 (Fri, 26 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Issue #4740: Use HIGHEST_PROTOCOL in pickle test.
  (There is no behavior difference in 2.x because HIGHEST_PROTOCOL == 2)
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  r67943 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2008-12-27 04:02:59 -0600 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Fix bogus unicode tests in pickletester.
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diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index e485ed8..c7c6393 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -508,6 +508,8 @@
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+static volatile int x;
+
 /* Test the u and u# codes for PyArg_ParseTuple. May leak memory in case
    of an error.
 */
@@ -522,7 +524,6 @@
 	/* issue4122: Undefined reference to _Py_ascii_whitespace on Windows */
 	/* Just use the macro and check that it compiles */
 	x = Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE(25);
-	x = x;
 
         tuple = PyTuple_New(1);
         if (tuple == NULL)
@@ -608,6 +609,32 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject *
+test_empty_argparse(PyObject *self)
+{
+	/* Test that formats can begin with '|'. See issue #4720. */
+	PyObject *tuple, *dict = NULL;
+	static char *kwlist[] = {NULL};
+	int result;
+	tuple = PyTuple_New(0);
+	if (!tuple)
+		return NULL;
+	if ((result = PyArg_ParseTuple(tuple, "|:test_empty_argparse")) < 0)
+		goto done;
+	dict = PyDict_New();
+	if (!dict)
+		goto done;
+	result = PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(tuple, dict, "|:test_empty_argparse", kwlist);
+  done:
+	Py_DECREF(tuple);
+	Py_XDECREF(dict);
+	if (result < 0)
+		return NULL;
+	else {
+		Py_RETURN_NONE;
+	}
+}
+
+static PyObject *
 codec_incrementalencoder(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
 	const char *encoding, *errors = NULL;
@@ -1012,6 +1039,7 @@
 	{"test_long_api",	(PyCFunction)test_long_api,	 METH_NOARGS},
 	{"test_long_numbits",	(PyCFunction)test_long_numbits,	 METH_NOARGS},
 	{"test_k_code",		(PyCFunction)test_k_code,	 METH_NOARGS},
+	{"test_empty_argparse", (PyCFunction)test_empty_argparse,METH_NOARGS},
 	{"test_null_strings",	(PyCFunction)test_null_strings,	 METH_NOARGS},
 	{"test_string_from_format", (PyCFunction)test_string_from_format, METH_NOARGS},
 	{"test_with_docstring", (PyCFunction)test_with_docstring, METH_NOARGS,