Merge remote branch 'trenkel/st/python'

diff --cc src/collectd-python.pod
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--- 2/src/collectd-python.pod
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@@@ -231,9 -240,31 +240,31 @@@ collectd you're done
  The following complex types are used to pass values between the Python plugin
  and collectd:
  
+ =head2 Signed
+ 
+ The Signed class is just a long. It has all its methods and behaves exactly
+ like any other long object. It is used to indicate if an integer was or should
+ be stored as a signed or unsigned integer object.
+ 
+  class Signed(long)
+ 
+ This is a long by another name. Use it in meta data dicts
+ to choose the way it is stored in the meta data.
+ 
+ =head2 Unsigned
+ 
+ The Unsigned class is just a long. It has all its methods and behaves exactly
+ like any other long object. It is used to indicate if an integer was or should
+ be stored as a signed or unsigned integer object.
+ 
+  class Unsigned(long)
+ 
+ This is a long by another name. Use it in meta data dicts
+ to choose the way it is stored in the meta data.
+ 
  =head2 Config
  
 -The Config class is an object which keeps the informations provided in the
 +The Config class is an object which keeps the information provided in the
  configuration file. The sequence of children keeps one entry for each
  configuration option. Each such entry is another Config instance, which
  may nest further if nested blocks are used.

diff --cc src/python.c
Simple merge