diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
index dd0f640..a005594 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
@@ -304,10 +304,11 @@
             raise AttributeError, name
         return self.__getitem__(name)
 
-    def __getitem__(self, name):
-        func = self._FuncPtr(name, self)
-        func.__name__ = name
-        setattr(self, name, func)
+    def __getitem__(self, name_or_ordinal):
+        func = self._FuncPtr((name_or_ordinal, self))
+        if not isinstance(name_or_ordinal, (int, long)):
+            func.__name__ = name_or_ordinal
+            setattr(self, name_or_ordinal, func)
         return func
 
 class PyDLL(CDLL):
@@ -384,21 +385,29 @@
 
 _pointer_type_cache[None] = c_void_p
 
-# functions
-
-from _ctypes import _memmove_addr, _memset_addr, _string_at_addr, cast
-
 if sizeof(c_uint) == sizeof(c_void_p):
     c_size_t = c_uint
 elif sizeof(c_ulong) == sizeof(c_void_p):
     c_size_t = c_ulong
 
+# functions
+
+from _ctypes import _memmove_addr, _memset_addr, _string_at_addr, _cast_addr
+
 ## void *memmove(void *, const void *, size_t);
 memmove = CFUNCTYPE(c_void_p, c_void_p, c_void_p, c_size_t)(_memmove_addr)
 
 ## void *memset(void *, int, size_t)
 memset = CFUNCTYPE(c_void_p, c_void_p, c_int, c_size_t)(_memset_addr)
 
+def PYFUNCTYPE(restype, *argtypes):
+    class CFunctionType(_CFuncPtr):
+        _argtypes_ = argtypes
+        _restype_ = restype
+        _flags_ = _FUNCFLAG_CDECL | _FUNCFLAG_PYTHONAPI
+    return CFunctionType
+cast = PYFUNCTYPE(py_object, c_void_p, py_object)(_cast_addr)
+
 _string_at = CFUNCTYPE(py_object, c_void_p, c_int)(_string_at_addr)
 def string_at(ptr, size=0):
     """string_at(addr[, size]) -> string
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_byteswap.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_byteswap.py
index 1b31f90..55a264c 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_byteswap.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_byteswap.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from binascii import hexlify
 
 from ctypes import *
+from ctypes.test import is_resource_enabled
 
 def bin(s):
     return hexlify(buffer(s)).upper()
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@
         self.failUnless(c_char.__ctype_le__ is c_char)
         self.failUnless(c_char.__ctype_be__ is c_char)
 
-    def test_struct_fields(self):
+    def test_struct_fields_1(self):
         if sys.byteorder == "little":
             base = BigEndianStructure
         else:
@@ -198,17 +199,20 @@
             pass
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, setattr, S, "_fields_", [("s", T)])
 
-    # crashes on solaris with a core dump.
-    def X_test_struct_fields(self):
+    def test_struct_fields_2(self):
+        # standard packing in struct uses no alignment.
+        # So, we have to align using pad bytes.
+        #
+        # Unaligned accesses will crash Python (on those platforms that
+        # don't allow it, like sparc solaris).
         if sys.byteorder == "little":
             base = BigEndianStructure
-            fmt = ">bhid"
+            fmt = ">bxhid"
         else:
             base = LittleEndianStructure
-            fmt = "<bhid"
+            fmt = "<bxhid"
 
         class S(base):
-            _pack_ = 1 # struct with '<' or '>' uses standard alignment.
             _fields_ = [("b", c_byte),
                         ("h", c_short),
                         ("i", c_int),
@@ -218,5 +222,54 @@
         s2 = struct.pack(fmt, 0x12, 0x1234, 0x12345678, 3.14)
         self.failUnlessEqual(bin(s1), bin(s2))
 
+    if is_resource_enabled("unaligned_access"):
+
+        def test_unaligned_nonnative_struct_fields(self):
+            if sys.byteorder == "little":
+                base = BigEndianStructure
+                fmt = ">b h xi xd"
+            else:
+                base = LittleEndianStructure
+                fmt = "<b h xi xd"
+
+            class S(base):
+                _pack_ = 1
+                _fields_ = [("b", c_byte),
+
+                            ("h", c_short),
+
+                            ("_1", c_byte),
+                            ("i", c_int),
+
+                            ("_2", c_byte),
+                            ("d", c_double)]
+
+            s1 = S(0x12, 0x1234, 0, 0x12345678, 0, 3.14)
+            s2 = struct.pack(fmt, 0x12, 0x1234, 0x12345678, 3.14)
+            self.failUnlessEqual(bin(s1), bin(s2))
+
+        def test_unaligned_native_struct_fields(self):
+            if sys.byteorder == "little":
+                fmt = "<b h xi xd"
+            else:
+                base = LittleEndianStructure
+                fmt = ">b h xi xd"
+
+            class S(Structure):
+                _pack_ = 1
+                _fields_ = [("b", c_byte),
+
+                            ("h", c_short),
+
+                            ("_1", c_byte),
+                            ("i", c_int),
+
+                            ("_2", c_byte),
+                            ("d", c_double)]
+
+            s1 = S(0x12, 0x1234, 0, 0x12345678, 0, 3.14)
+            s2 = struct.pack(fmt, 0x12, 0x1234, 0x12345678, 3.14)
+            self.failUnlessEqual(bin(s1), bin(s2))
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_cfuncs.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_cfuncs.py
index 7c2b28b..6e0798d 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_cfuncs.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_cfuncs.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
         def __getattr__(self, name):
             if name[:2] == '__' and name[-2:] == '__':
                 raise AttributeError, name
-            func = self._FuncPtr("s_" + name, self)
+            func = self._FuncPtr(("s_" + name, self))
             setattr(self, name, func)
             return func
 
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_loading.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_loading.py
index 80564b8..5a76bb4 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_loading.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_loading.py
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
             name = "libc.so"
         elif sys.platform == "sunos5":
             name = "libc.so"
+        elif sys.platform.startswith("netbsd"):
+            name = "libc.so"
         else:
             name = "libc.so.6"
+##        print (sys.platform, os.name)
         cdll.load(name)
         self.assertRaises(OSError, cdll.load, self.unknowndll)
 
@@ -37,5 +40,31 @@
             cdll.find(name)
             self.assertRaises(OSError, cdll.find, self.unknowndll)
 
+    def test_load_library(self):
+        if os.name == "nt":
+            windll.load_library("kernel32").GetModuleHandleW
+            windll.LoadLibrary("kernel32").GetModuleHandleW
+            WinDLL("kernel32").GetModuleHandleW
+        elif os.name == "ce":
+            windll.load_library("coredll").GetModuleHandleW
+            windll.LoadLibrary("coredll").GetModuleHandleW
+            WinDLL("coredll").GetModuleHandleW
+
+    def test_load_ordinal_functions(self):
+        if os.name in ("nt", "ce"):
+            import _ctypes_test
+            dll = WinDLL(_ctypes_test.__file__)
+            # We load the same function both via ordinal and name
+            func_ord = dll[2]
+            func_name = dll.GetString
+            # addressof gets the address where the function pointer is stored
+            a_ord = addressof(func_ord)
+            a_name = addressof(func_name)
+            f_ord_addr = c_void_p.from_address(a_ord).value
+            f_name_addr = c_void_p.from_address(a_name).value
+            self.failUnlessEqual(hex(f_ord_addr), hex(f_name_addr))
+
+            self.failUnlessRaises(AttributeError, dll.__getitem__, 1234)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_sizes.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_sizes.py
index 6fb9ca0..208c00e 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_sizes.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_sizes.py
@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@
         self.failUnlessEqual(8, sizeof(c_int64))
         self.failUnlessEqual(8, sizeof(c_uint64))
 
+    def test_size_t(self):
+        self.failUnlessEqual(sizeof(c_void_p), sizeof(c_size_t))
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
index 604c590..0be8f69 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
@@ -2388,6 +2388,11 @@
 	address = (PPROC)GetProcAddress(handle, name);
 	if (address)
 		return address;
+
+	if (((size_t)name & ~0xFFFF) == 0) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	/* It should not happen that dict is NULL, but better be safe */
 	if (dict==NULL || dict->flags & FUNCFLAG_CDECL)
 		return address;
@@ -2493,6 +2498,28 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int
+_get_name(PyObject *obj, char **pname)
+{
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+	if (PyInt_Check(obj) || PyLong_Check(obj)) {
+		/* We have to use MAKEINTRESOURCEA for Windows CE.
+		   Works on Windows as well, of course.
+		*/
+		*pname = MAKEINTRESOURCEA(PyInt_AsUnsignedLongMask(obj) & 0xFFFF);
+		return 1;
+	}
+#endif
+	if (PyString_Check(obj) || PyUnicode_Check(obj)) {
+		*pname = PyString_AsString(obj);
+		return pname ? 1 : 0;
+	}
+	PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+			"function name must be string or integer");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 static PyObject *
 CFuncPtr_FromDll(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
@@ -2504,7 +2531,7 @@
 	void *handle;
 	PyObject *paramflags = NULL;
 
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "sO|O", &name, &dll, &paramflags))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "(O&O)|O", _get_name, &name, &dll, &paramflags))
 		return NULL;
 	if (paramflags == Py_None)
 		paramflags = NULL;
@@ -2529,9 +2556,14 @@
 #ifdef MS_WIN32
 	address = FindAddress(handle, name, (PyObject *)type);
 	if (!address) {
-		PyErr_Format(PyExc_AttributeError,
-			     "function '%s' not found",
-			     name);
+		if ((size_t)name & ~0xFFFF)
+			PyErr_Format(PyExc_AttributeError,
+				     "function '%s' not found",
+				     name);
+		else
+			PyErr_Format(PyExc_AttributeError,
+				     "function ordinal %d not found",
+				     name);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 #else
@@ -2608,8 +2640,9 @@
   "O" - must be a callable, creates a C callable function
 
   two or more argument forms (the third argument is a paramflags tuple)
-  "sO|O" - function name, dll object (with an integer handle)
-  "is|O" - vtable index, method name, creates callable calling COM vtbl
+  "(sO)|..." - (function name, dll object (with an integer handle)), paramflags
+  "(iO)|..." - (function ordinal, dll object (with an integer handle)), paramflags
+  "is|..." - vtable index, method name, creates callable calling COM vtbl
 */
 static PyObject *
 CFuncPtr_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
@@ -2622,14 +2655,13 @@
 	if (PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) == 0)
 		return GenericCData_new(type, args, kwds);
 
-	/* Shouldn't the following better be done in __init__? */
-	if (2 <= PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args)) {
-#ifdef MS_WIN32
-		if (PyInt_Check(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0)))
-			return CFuncPtr_FromVtblIndex(type, args, kwds);
-#endif
+	if (1 <= PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) && PyTuple_Check(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0)))
 		return CFuncPtr_FromDll(type, args, kwds);
-	}
+
+#ifdef MS_WIN32
+	if (2 <= PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) && PyInt_Check(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0)))
+		return CFuncPtr_FromVtblIndex(type, args, kwds);
+#endif
 
 	if (1 == PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args)
 	    && (PyInt_Check(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0))
@@ -4351,6 +4383,42 @@
 	return PyString_FromStringAndSize(ptr, size);
 }
 
+static int
+cast_check_pointertype(PyObject *arg)
+{
+	StgDictObject *dict;
+
+	if (PointerTypeObject_Check(arg))
+		return 1;
+	dict = PyType_stgdict(arg);
+	if (dict) {
+		if (PyString_Check(dict->proto)
+		    && (strchr("sPzUZXO", PyString_AS_STRING(dict->proto)[0]))) {
+			/* simple pointer types, c_void_p, c_wchar_p, BSTR, ... */
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+	PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+		     "cast() argument 2 must be a pointer type, not %s",
+		     PyType_Check(arg)
+		     ? ((PyTypeObject *)arg)->tp_name
+		     : arg->ob_type->tp_name);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+cast(void *ptr, PyObject *ctype)
+{
+	CDataObject *result;
+	if (0 == cast_check_pointertype(ctype))
+		return NULL;
+	result = (CDataObject *)PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(ctype, NULL);
+	if (result == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	/* Should we assert that result is a pointer type? */
+	memcpy(result->b_ptr, &ptr, sizeof(void *));
+	return (PyObject *)result;
+}
 
 #ifdef CTYPES_UNICODE
 static PyObject *
@@ -4486,6 +4554,7 @@
 	PyModule_AddObject(m, "_memmove_addr", PyLong_FromVoidPtr(memmove));
 	PyModule_AddObject(m, "_memset_addr", PyLong_FromVoidPtr(memset));
 	PyModule_AddObject(m, "_string_at_addr", PyLong_FromVoidPtr(string_at));
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, "_cast_addr", PyLong_FromVoidPtr(cast));
 #ifdef CTYPES_UNICODE
 	PyModule_AddObject(m, "_wstring_at_addr", PyLong_FromVoidPtr(wstring_at));
 #endif
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
index 9d9e322..c019af7 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
@@ -1423,71 +1423,7 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-static char cast_doc[] =
-"cast(cobject, ctype) -> ctype-instance\n\
-\n\
-Create an instance of ctype, and copy the internal memory buffer\n\
-of cobject to the new instance.  Should be used to cast one type\n\
-of pointer to another type of pointer.\n\
-Doesn't work correctly with ctypes integers.\n";
-
-static int cast_check_pointertype(PyObject *arg, PyObject **pobj)
-{
-	StgDictObject *dict;
-
-	if (PointerTypeObject_Check(arg)) {
-		*pobj = arg;
-		return 1;
-	}
-	dict = PyType_stgdict(arg);
-	if (dict) {
-		if (PyString_Check(dict->proto)
-		    && (strchr("sPzUZXO", PyString_AS_STRING(dict->proto)[0]))) {
-			/* simple pointer types, c_void_p, c_wchar_p, BSTR, ... */
-			*pobj = arg;
-			return 1;
-		}
-	}
-	if (PyType_Check(arg)) {
-		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-			     "cast() argument 2 must be a pointer type, not %s",
-			     ((PyTypeObject *)arg)->tp_name);
-	} else {
-		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-			     "cast() argument 2 must be a pointer type, not a %s",
-			     arg->ob_type->tp_name);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static PyObject *cast(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-	PyObject *obj, *ctype;
-	struct argument a;
-	CDataObject *result;
-
-	/* We could and should allow array types for the second argument
-	   also, but we cannot use the simple memcpy below for them. */
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO&:cast", &obj, &cast_check_pointertype, &ctype))
-		return NULL;
-	if (-1 == ConvParam(obj, 1, &a))
-		return NULL;
-	result = (CDataObject *)PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(ctype, NULL);
-	if (result == NULL) {
-		Py_XDECREF(a.keep);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	// result->b_size
-	// a.ffi_type->size
-	memcpy(result->b_ptr, &a.value,
-	       min(result->b_size, (int)a.ffi_type->size));
-	Py_XDECREF(a.keep);
-	return (PyObject *)result;
-}
-
-
 PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
-	{"cast", cast, METH_VARARGS, cast_doc},
 #ifdef CTYPES_UNICODE
 	{"set_conversion_mode", set_conversion_mode, METH_VARARGS, set_conversion_mode_doc},
 #endif