Message 320506 - Python tracker

I don't know if you've read the dialog on the PR (there was also some offline between Ned and myself), but the patch breaks a test when running under a fresh build of Python.  I can't reproduce it here without setting up a build system, which I haven't had time to do, and won't be able to do at leat through the end of next week.

If you can run the tests on a fresh build of Python, and confirm that they break, that would be helpful.