gmp module

[Moshe Zadka]

[AMK]
> I wonder if it would be
> practical to require GMP for Python and just use its fancy and fast
> implementation of long integers instead of Python's simple and
> not-so-fast implementation.

I don't think we want to include LGPLed code in the Python distribution.
Certainly not to make it necessary for Python to work correctly.
It would be nice if Python could use GMP instead of PyLongs if GMP
is available, but this isn't very easy.
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