[issue4591] 32-bits unsigned user/group identifier

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

> (perhaps we need as PyNumber_AsLongIndex() to do the direct conversion
to a C long, it would make things easier in many cases)

In this case we need PyNumber_AsLongAndOverflowIndex() and PyNumber_AsUnsignedLongIndex(). And a lot of other parallel functions for other cases. This can exponentially increase a number of functions.

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