[issue2488] Backport sys.maxsize to Python 2.6

[Martin v. Löwis]

Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> added the comment:

Thanks for the patch. Committed (with modifications) as r63498.

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nosy: +loewis
resolution:  -> accepted
status: open -> closed

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