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  r68133 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-01-01 16:38:03 +0100 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  fill in actual issue number in tests
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  r68134 | hirokazu.yamamoto | 2009-01-01 16:45:39 +0100 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Issue #4797: IOError.filename was not set when _fileio.FileIO failed to open
  file with `str' filename on Windows.
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  r68141 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-01 17:43:12 +0100 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  fix highlighting
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  r68142 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-01 18:29:49 +0100 (Thu, 01 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  welcome to 2009, Python!
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  r68145 | amaury.forgeotdarc | 2009-01-02 01:03:54 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 5 lines

  #4801 _collections module fails to build on cygwin.

  _PyObject_GC_TRACK is the macro version of PyObject_GC_Track,
  and according to documentation it should not be used for extension modules.
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  r68146 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 11:44:46 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Fix for issue4472: "configure --enable-shared doesn't work on OSX"
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  r68148 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 11:48:31 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Forgot to add a NEWS item in my previous checkin
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  r68149 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 11:50:48 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Fix for issue4780
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  r68159 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 15:48:17 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Fix for issue 1627952
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  r68160 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 15:52:09 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Fix for issue r1737832
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  r68161 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 16:00:05 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 3 lines

  Fix for issue 1149804
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  r68162 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-01-02 16:06:00 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 3 lines

  Fix for issue 4472 is incompatible with Cygwin, this patch
  should fix that.
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  r68166 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-02 19:26:23 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  document PyMemberDef
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  r68171 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-02 21:25:14 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 3 lines

  #4811: fix markup glitches (mostly remains of the conversion),
  found by Gabriel Genellina.
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  r68172 | martin.v.loewis | 2009-01-02 21:32:55 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Issue #4075: Use OutputDebugStringW in Py_FatalError.
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  r68173 | martin.v.loewis | 2009-01-02 21:40:14 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Issue #4051: Prevent conflict of UNICODE macros in cPickle.
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  r68174 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-01-02 21:47:27 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  fix compilation on non-Windows platforms
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  r68179 | raymond.hettinger | 2009-01-02 22:26:45 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009) | 1 line

  Issue #4615.  Document how to use itertools for de-duping.
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  r68195 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 14:45:15 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Remove useless string literal.
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  r68196 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 15:29:53 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Fix indentation.
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  r68210 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 20:10:12 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Set eol-style correctly for mp_distributing.py.
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  r68214 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 20:44:48 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Make indentation consistent.
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  r68215 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 21:15:14 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Fix role name.
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  r68217 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 21:30:15 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Add rstlint, a little tool to find subtle markup problems and inconsistencies in the Doc sources.
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  r68218 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 21:38:59 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Recognize usage of the default role.
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  r68219 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 21:47:01 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Fix uses of the default role.
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  r68220 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 21:55:06 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Remove trailing whitespace.
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  r68221 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 22:04:55 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Remove tabs from the documentation.
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  r68222 | georg.brandl | 2009-01-03 22:11:58 +0100 (Sat, 03 Jan 2009) | 2 lines

  Disable the line length checker by default.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/structures.rst b/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
index 725f554..f8635e5 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
@@ -205,6 +205,69 @@
    .. versionadded:: 2.4
 
 
+.. ctype:: PyMemberDef
+
+   Structure which describes an attribute of a type which corresponds to a C
+   struct member.  It's fields are:
+
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+   | Field            | C Type      | Meaning                       |
+   +==================+=============+===============================+
+   | :attr:`name`     | char \*     | name of the member            |
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+   | :attr:`type`     | int         | the type of the member in the |
+   |                  |             | C struct                      |
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+   | :attr:`offset`   | Py_ssize_t  | the offset in bytes that the  |
+   |                  |             | member is located on the      |
+   |                  |             | type's object struct          |
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+   | :attr:`flags`    | int         | flag bits indicating if the   |
+   |                  |             | field should be read-only or  |
+   |                  |             | writable                      |
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+   | :attr:`doc`      | char \*     | points to the contents of the |
+   |                  |             | docstring                     |
+   +------------------+-------------+-------------------------------+
+
+   :attr:`type` can be one of many ``T_`` macros corresponding to various C
+   types.  When the member is accessed in Python, it will be converted to the
+   equivalent Python type.
+
+   =============== ==================
+   Macro name      C type
+   =============== ==================
+   T_SHORT         short
+   T_INT           int
+   T_LONG          long
+   T_FLOAT         float
+   T_DOUBLE        double
+   T_STRING        char \*
+   T_OBJECT        PyObject \*
+   T_OBJECT_EX     PyObject \*
+   T_CHAR          char
+   T_BYTE          char
+   T_UNBYTE        unsigned char
+   T_UINT          unsigned int
+   T_USHORT        unsigned short
+   T_ULONG         unsigned long
+   T_BOOL          char
+   T_LONGLONG      long long
+   T_ULONGLONG     unsigned long long
+   T_PYSSIZET      Py_ssize_t
+   =============== ==================
+
+   :cmacro:`T_OBJECT` and :cmacro:`T_OBJECT_EX` differ in that
+   :cmacro:`T_OBJECT` returns ``None`` if the member is *NULL* and
+   :cmacro:`T_OBJECT_EX` raises an :exc:`AttributeError`.
+
+   :attr:`flags` can be 0 for write and read access or :cmacro:`READONLY` for
+   read-only access.  Using :cmacro:`T_STRING` for :attr:`type` implies
+   :cmacro:`READONLY`.  Only :cmacro:`T_OBJECT` and :cmacro:`T_OBJECT_EX` can be
+   deleted.  (They are set to *NULL*).
+
+
+
 .. cfunction:: PyObject* Py_FindMethod(PyMethodDef table[], PyObject *ob, char *name)
 
    Return a bound method object for an extension type implemented in C.  This can