Message 50240 - Python tracker

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I've updated the patch with the stylistic changes you've requested.

BTW. I don't think idx is confusing, although I suppose it helps that the Dutch 
term for index is index :-)

BTW. Distutils.archive_util claims it should be kept 2.1 compatible, although I 
don't know if that request covers all of distutils. PEP 291 doesn't mention 
distutils.