Manually merge r68095,68186,68187,68188,68190 from 2.6 branch.
diff --git a/Lib/fractions.py b/Lib/fractions.py
index 4adb184..446ad8e 100755
--- a/Lib/fractions.py
+++ b/Lib/fractions.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
         """
         if isinstance(f, numbers.Integral):
-            f = float(f)
+            return cls(f)
         elif not isinstance(f, float):
             raise TypeError("%s.from_float() only takes floats, not %r (%s)" %
                             (cls.__name__, f, type(f).__name__))
diff --git a/Lib/heapq.py b/Lib/heapq.py
index 0a83b76..c13d650 100644
--- a/Lib/heapq.py
+++ b/Lib/heapq.py
@@ -354,6 +354,10 @@
 
     Equivalent to:  sorted(iterable, key=key)[:n]
     """
+    if key is None:
+        it = izip(iterable, count())                        # decorate
+        result = _nsmallest(n, it)
+        return map(itemgetter(0), result)                   # undecorate
     in1, in2 = tee(iterable)
     it = izip(imap(key, in1), count(), in2)                 # decorate
     result = _nsmallest(n, it)
@@ -365,6 +369,10 @@
 
     Equivalent to:  sorted(iterable, key=key, reverse=True)[:n]
     """
+    if key is None:
+        it = izip(iterable, imap(neg, count()))             # decorate
+        result = _nlargest(n, it)
+        return map(itemgetter(0), result)                   # undecorate
     in1, in2 = tee(iterable)
     it = izip(imap(key, in1), imap(neg, count()), in2)      # decorate
     result = _nlargest(n, it)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fractions.py b/Lib/test/test_fractions.py
index 979fef7..a6c3c32 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fractions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fractions.py
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@
     def testFromFloat(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, F.from_float, 3+4j)
         self.assertEquals((10, 1), _components(F.from_float(10)))
+        bigint = 1234567890123456789
+        self.assertEquals((bigint, 1), _components(F.from_float(bigint)))
         self.assertEquals((0, 1), _components(F.from_float(-0.0)))
         self.assertEquals((10, 1), _components(F.from_float(10.0)))
         self.assertEquals((-5, 2), _components(F.from_float(-2.5)))