[issue2488] Backport sys.maxsize to Python 2.6

[A.M. Kuchling]

A.M. Kuchling <lists at amk.ca> added the comment:

Oh, and I don't understand Raymond's comment: sys.maxsize isn't an 
alias for anything, but a new piece of information (the largest size of 
containers).  Maybe that information isn't useful, or 2.6 doesn't 
always support containers up to that limit, but sys.maxsize doesn't 
seem to be merely a renaming of something.

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