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Overhaul struct + PEP 3118

There are many open issues for the struct module, and a suggestion that many others fixes should happen. The problems include inconsistencies in input handling and backwards-compatibility code that should be gone from 3.x.

As PEP 3118 also requires a few changes in struct, finishing the memoryview object implementation and backporting it to 2.7 could be part of this project.

To tackle this, a student should know C and have some familiarity with the CPython codebase. The proposal should include an overview of open issues and, if possible, of problems in current code.

Mentors for this task should have a good understanding of the struct module, the buffer interface and PEP 3118.