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I think I can generate that patch.  I'll give a try.  I
found the patch guidelines for the Python project at
http://www.python.org/patches/  so that greatly increases my
chances of success!

One concern that I have is with the stack size value of
"0x50000".  I find that there is a wide range of default
stack sizes for the various operating systems.  There does
not seem to be any consensus on a good default value.  This
quote exemplifies the situation:

"On Tru64 UNIX, the default thread stack size increased from
24 KB to 5 MB in Version 5.0. On HP-UX, it is only 64 KB on
PA systems and 256 KB on Itanium®-based systems."

Quote From:
http://devrsrc1.external.hp.com/STKT/impacts/i375.html

How can I settle on a stacksize for this patch?  Unless
there are other suggestions I'll stick with "0x50000"
because I have tested that and know it works for what I
consider an 'average' application.

Thanks,
Blade.