Index: Include/pyerrors.h
===================================================================
--- Include/pyerrors.h	(Revision 55955)
+++ Include/pyerrors.h	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
     PyObject *args;
     PyObject *encoding;
     PyObject *object;
-    PyObject *start;
-    PyObject *end;
+    Py_ssize_t start;
+    Py_ssize_t end;
     PyObject *reason;
 } PyUnicodeErrorObject;
 
Index: Objects/exceptions.c
===================================================================
--- Objects/exceptions.c	(Revision 55955)
+++ Objects/exceptions.c	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -955,36 +955,6 @@
 SimpleExtendsException(PyExc_ValueError, UnicodeError,
                        "Unicode related error.");
 
-static int
-get_int(PyObject *attr, Py_ssize_t *value, const char *name)
-{
-    if (!attr) {
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "%.200s attribute not set", name);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (PyLong_Check(attr)) {
-        *value = PyLong_AsSsize_t(attr);
-        if (*value == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
-            return -1;
-    } else {
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "%.200s attribute must be int", name);
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-set_ssize_t(PyObject **attr, Py_ssize_t value)
-{
-    PyObject *obj = PyInt_FromSsize_t(value);
-    if (!obj)
-        return -1;
-    Py_CLEAR(*attr);
-    *attr = obj;
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static PyObject *
 get_bytes(PyObject *attr, const char *name)
 {
@@ -1062,40 +1032,35 @@
 int
 PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetStart(PyObject *exc, Py_ssize_t *start)
 {
-    if (!get_int(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->start, start, "start")) {
-        Py_ssize_t size;
-        PyObject *obj = get_unicode(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->object,
-                                    "object");
-        if (!obj) return -1;
-        size = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(obj);
-        if (*start<0)
-            *start = 0; /*XXX check for values <0*/
-        if (*start>=size)
-            *start = size-1;
-        Py_DECREF(obj);
-        return 0;
-    }
-    return -1;
+    PyObject *obj = get_unicode(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->object,
+                                "object");
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    if (!obj)
+        return -1;
+    *start = ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->start;
+    size = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(obj);
+    if (*start<0)
+        *start = 0; /*XXX check for values <0*/
+    if (*start>=size)
+        *start = size-1;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 int
 PyUnicodeDecodeError_GetStart(PyObject *exc, Py_ssize_t *start)
 {
-    if (!get_int(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->start, start, "start")) {
-        Py_ssize_t size;
-        PyObject *obj = get_bytes(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->object,
-                                   "object");
-        if (!obj) return -1;
-        size = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(obj);
-        if (*start<0)
-            *start = 0;
-        if (*start>=size)
-            *start = size-1;
-        Py_DECREF(obj);
-        return 0;
-    }
-    return -1;
+    PyObject *obj = get_bytes(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->object, "object");
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    if (!obj)
+        return -1;
+    *start = ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->start;
+    size = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(obj);
+    if (*start<0)
+        *start = 0;
+    if (*start>=size)
+        *start = size-1;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -1109,61 +1074,59 @@
 int
 PyUnicodeEncodeError_SetStart(PyObject *exc, Py_ssize_t start)
 {
-    return set_ssize_t(&((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->start, start);
+    ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->start = start;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 int
 PyUnicodeDecodeError_SetStart(PyObject *exc, Py_ssize_t start)
 {
-    return set_ssize_t(&((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->start, start);
+    ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->start = start;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 int
 PyUnicodeTranslateError_SetStart(PyObject *exc, Py_ssize_t start)
 {
-    return set_ssize_t(&((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->start, start);
+    ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->start = start;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 int
 PyUnicodeEncodeError_GetEnd(PyObject *exc, Py_ssize_t *end)
 {
-    if (!get_int(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->end, end, "end")) {
-        Py_ssize_t size;
-        PyObject *obj = get_unicode(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->object,
-                                    "object");
-        if (!obj) return -1;
-        size = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(obj);
-        if (*end<1)
-            *end = 1;
-        if (*end>size)
-            *end = size;
-        Py_DECREF(obj);
-        return 0;
-    }
-    return -1;
+    PyObject *obj = get_unicode(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->object,
+                                "object");
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    if (!obj)
+        return -1;
+    *end = ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->end;
+    size = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(obj);
+    if (*end<1)
+        *end = 1;
+    if (*end>size)
+        *end = size;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 int
 PyUnicodeDecodeError_GetEnd(PyObject *exc, Py_ssize_t *end)
 {
-    if (!get_int(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->end, end, "end")) {
-        Py_ssize_t size;
-        PyObject *obj = get_bytes(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->object,
-                                   "object");
-        if (!obj) return -1;
-        size = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(obj);
-        if (*end<1)
-            *end = 1;
-        if (*end>size)
-            *end = size;
-        Py_DECREF(obj);
-        return 0;
-    }
-    return -1;
+    PyObject *obj = get_bytes(((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->object, "object");
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    if (!obj)
+        return -1;
+    *end = ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->end;
+    size = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(obj);
+    if (*end<1)
+        *end = 1;
+    if (*end>size)
+        *end = size;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -1177,21 +1140,24 @@
 int
 PyUnicodeEncodeError_SetEnd(PyObject *exc, Py_ssize_t end)
 {
-    return set_ssize_t(&((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->end, end);
+    ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->end = end;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 int
 PyUnicodeDecodeError_SetEnd(PyObject *exc, Py_ssize_t end)
 {
-    return set_ssize_t(&((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->end, end);
+    ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->end = end;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 
 int
 PyUnicodeTranslateError_SetEnd(PyObject *exc, Py_ssize_t end)
 {
-    return set_ssize_t(&((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->end, end);
+    ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)exc)->end = end;
+    return 0;
 }
 
 PyObject *
@@ -1245,25 +1211,20 @@
 {
     Py_CLEAR(self->encoding);
     Py_CLEAR(self->object);
-    Py_CLEAR(self->start);
-    Py_CLEAR(self->end);
     Py_CLEAR(self->reason);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!O!O!O!O!",
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!O!nnO!",
         &PyUnicode_Type, &self->encoding,
         objecttype, &self->object,
-        &PyLong_Type, &self->start,
-        &PyLong_Type, &self->end,
+        &self->start,
+        &self->end,
         &PyUnicode_Type, &self->reason)) {
-        self->encoding = self->object = self->start = self->end =
-            self->reason = NULL;
+        self->encoding = self->object = self->reason = NULL;
         return -1;
     }
 
     Py_INCREF(self->encoding);
     Py_INCREF(self->object);
-    Py_INCREF(self->start);
-    Py_INCREF(self->end);
     Py_INCREF(self->reason);
 
     return 0;
@@ -1274,8 +1235,6 @@
 {
     Py_CLEAR(self->encoding);
     Py_CLEAR(self->object);
-    Py_CLEAR(self->start);
-    Py_CLEAR(self->end);
     Py_CLEAR(self->reason);
     return BaseException_clear((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self);
 }
@@ -1293,8 +1252,6 @@
 {
     Py_VISIT(self->encoding);
     Py_VISIT(self->object);
-    Py_VISIT(self->start);
-    Py_VISIT(self->end);
     Py_VISIT(self->reason);
     return BaseException_traverse((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self, visit, arg);
 }
@@ -1304,9 +1261,9 @@
         PyDoc_STR("exception encoding")},
     {"object", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyUnicodeErrorObject, object), 0,
         PyDoc_STR("exception object")},
-    {"start", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyUnicodeErrorObject, start), 0,
+    {"start", T_PYSSIZET, offsetof(PyUnicodeErrorObject, start), 0,
         PyDoc_STR("exception start")},
-    {"end", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyUnicodeErrorObject, end), 0,
+    {"end", T_PYSSIZET, offsetof(PyUnicodeErrorObject, end), 0,
         PyDoc_STR("exception end")},
     {"reason", T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyUnicodeErrorObject, reason), 0,
         PyDoc_STR("exception reason")},
@@ -1474,22 +1431,18 @@
         return -1;
 
     Py_CLEAR(self->object);
-    Py_CLEAR(self->start);
-    Py_CLEAR(self->end);
     Py_CLEAR(self->reason);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!O!O!O!",
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!nnO!",
         &PyUnicode_Type, &self->object,
-        &PyLong_Type, &self->start,
-        &PyLong_Type, &self->end,
+        &self->start,
+        &self->end,
         &PyUnicode_Type, &self->reason)) {
-        self->object = self->start = self->end = self->reason = NULL;
+        self->object = self->reason = NULL;
         return -1;
     }
 
     Py_INCREF(self->object);
-    Py_INCREF(self->start);
-    Py_INCREF(self->end);
     Py_INCREF(self->reason);
 
     return 0;