Merged revisions 64002-64003,64012,64036-64037,64047,64050-64052,64054-64055,64066,64071 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r64002 | travis.oliphant | 2008-06-07 00:33:21 +0200 (Sat, 07 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Add long double check support to configure test.
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  r64003 | travis.oliphant | 2008-06-07 00:39:47 +0200 (Sat, 07 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Remove locking part of new buffer protocol.
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  r64012 | facundo.batista | 2008-06-07 15:36:36 +0200 (Sat, 07 Jun 2008) | 4 lines


  Finished bug #2451.  Fixed the retrying part to make it
  more robust.
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  r64036 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-08 10:54:40 +0200 (Sun, 08 Jun 2008) | 2 lines

  #3028: tokenize passes the physical line.
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  r64037 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-08 10:59:38 +0200 (Sun, 08 Jun 2008) | 2 lines

  Argh, I read it wrong. Reverted 64036 and added a clarifying remark.
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  r64047 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 03:28:30 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Issue3065:  Fixed pickling of named tuples.  Added tests.
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  r64050 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 08:54:45 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Issue #2138: Add math.factorial().
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  r64051 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 10:33:37 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Let set.union() and set.update() accept multiple inputs.
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  r64052 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 11:29:17 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Address double-rounding scenarios by setting all variables to long doubles.
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  r64054 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 13:24:47 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Unhappy buildbots.  Revert 64052.  Long doubles have unexpected effects on some builds.
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  r64055 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 15:07:27 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Let set.intersection() and set.intersection_update() take multiple input arguments.
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  r64066 | robert.schuppenies | 2008-06-10 12:10:31 +0200 (Tue, 10 Jun 2008) | 2 lines

  Issue 3048: Fixed sys.getsizeof for unicode objects.
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  r64071 | thomas.heller | 2008-06-10 16:07:12 +0200 (Tue, 10 Jun 2008) | 3 lines

  NEWS entry for:
  Add an optional 'offset' parameter to byref, defaulting to zero.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
index 752406c..1c4af18 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
@@ -11,19 +11,25 @@
 import mimetools
 
 
-def _urlopen_with_retry(host, *args, **kwargs):
-    # Connecting to remote hosts is flaky.  Make it more robust
-    # by retrying the connection several times.
+def _retry_thrice(func, exc, *args, **kwargs):
     for i in range(3):
         try:
-            return urllib2.urlopen(host, *args, **kwargs)
-        except urllib2.URLError as e:
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+        except exc as e:
             last_exc = e
             continue
         except:
             raise
     raise last_exc
 
+def _wrap_with_retry_thrice(func, exc):
+    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+        return _retry_thrice(func, exc, *args, **kwargs)
+    return wrapped
+
+# Connecting to remote hosts is flaky.  Make it more robust by retrying
+# the connection several times.
+_urlopen_with_retry = _wrap_with_retry_thrice(urllib2.urlopen, urllib2.URLError)
 
 
 class AuthTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -114,7 +120,7 @@
                 'file:'+sanepathname2url(os.path.abspath(TESTFN)),
                 ('file:///nonsensename/etc/passwd', None, urllib2.URLError),
                 ]
-            self._test_urls(urls, self._extra_handlers(), urllib2.urlopen)
+            self._test_urls(urls, self._extra_handlers(), retry=True)
         finally:
             os.remove(TESTFN)
 
@@ -146,13 +152,15 @@
 
 ##             self._test_urls(urls, self._extra_handlers()+[bauth, dauth])
 
-    def _test_urls(self, urls, handlers, urlopen=_urlopen_with_retry):
+    def _test_urls(self, urls, handlers, retry=True):
         import socket
         import time
         import logging
         debug = logging.getLogger("test_urllib2").debug
 
-        urllib2.install_opener(urllib2.build_opener(*handlers))
+        urlopen = urllib2.build_opener(*handlers).open
+        if retry:
+            urlopen = _wrap_with_retry_thrice(urlopen, urllib2.URLError)
 
         for url in urls:
             if isinstance(url, tuple):