Issue #5829: don't raise OverflowError for complex('1e500'). Backport of r72803.
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Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #5829: complex("1e500") no longer raises OverflowError. This
+ makes it consistent with float("1e500") and interpretation of real
+ and imaginary literals.
+
- Issue #3527: Removed Py_WIN_WIDE_FILENAMES which is not used any more.
- __instancecheck__ and __subclasscheck__ are now completely ignored on classic