Rich comparisons fall-out:

- Use PyObject_RichCompare*() where possible: when comparing
  keyword arguments, in _PyEval_SliceIndex(), and of course in
  cmp_outcome().

Unrelated stuff:

- Removed all trailing whitespace.

- Folded some long lines.

Python/ceval.c

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static PyObject *fast_function(PyObject *, PyObject ***, int, int, int);
 static PyObject *fast_cfunction(PyObject *, PyObject ***, int);
 static PyObject *do_call(PyObject *, PyObject ***, int, int);
 static PyObject *ext_do_call(PyObject *, PyObject ***, int, int, int);
-static PyObject *update_keyword_args(PyObject *, int, PyObject ***, PyObject *);
+static PyObject *update_keyword_args(PyObject *, int, PyObject ***,PyObject *);
 static PyObject *update_star_args(int, int, PyObject *, PyObject ***);
 static PyObject *load_args(PyObject ***, int);
 #define CALL_FLAG_VAR 1
@@ -493,8 +493,12 @@ eval_code2(PyCodeObject *co, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals,
 			for (j = 0; j < co->co_argcount; j++) {
 				PyObject *nm = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(
 					co->co_varnames, j);
-				if (PyObject_Compare(keyword, nm) == 0)
+				int cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(
+					keyword, nm, Py_EQ);
+				if (cmp > 0)
 					break;
+				else if (cmp < 0)
+					goto fail;
 			}
 			/* Check errors from Compare */
 			if (PyErr_Occurred())
@@ -2128,7 +2132,8 @@ eval_code2(PyCodeObject *co, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals,
 }
 
 static void
-set_exc_info(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb)
+set_exc_info(PyThreadState *tstate,
+	     PyObject *type, PyObject *value, PyObject *tb)
 {
 	PyFrameObject *frame;
 	PyObject *tmp_type, *tmp_value, *tmp_tb;
@@ -3002,32 +3007,37 @@ _PyEval_SliceIndex(PyObject *v, int *pi)
 			x = PyLong_AsLong(v);
 			if (x==-1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
 				PyObject *long_zero;
+				int cmp;
 
-				if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches( PyExc_OverflowError ) ) {
+				if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(
+					PyExc_OverflowError)) {
 					/* It's not an overflow error, so just
 					   signal an error */
 					return 0;
 				}
 
+				/* Clear the OverflowError */
+				PyErr_Clear();
+
 				/* It's an overflow error, so we need to
 				   check the sign of the long integer,
 				   set the value to INT_MAX or 0, and clear
 				   the error. */
 
 				/* Create a long integer with a value of 0 */
-				long_zero = PyLong_FromLong( 0L );
+				long_zero = PyLong_FromLong(0L);
 				if (long_zero == NULL) return 0;
 
 				/* Check sign */
-				if (PyObject_Compare(long_zero, v) < 0)
+				cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(v, long_zero,
+							       Py_GT);
+				Py_DECREF(long_zero);
+				if (cmp < 0)
+					return 0;
+				else if (cmp > 0)
 					x = INT_MAX;
 				else
 					x = 0;
-				
-				/* Free the long integer we created, and clear the
-				   OverflowError */
-				Py_DECREF(long_zero);
-				PyErr_Clear();
 			}
 		} else {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
@@ -3056,7 +3066,8 @@ apply_slice(PyObject *u, PyObject *v, PyObject *w) /* return u[v:w] */
 }
 
 static int
-assign_slice(PyObject *u, PyObject *v, PyObject *w, PyObject *x) /* u[v:w] = x */
+assign_slice(PyObject *u, PyObject *v, PyObject *w, PyObject *x)
+	/* u[v:w] = x */
 {
 	int ilow = 0, ihigh = INT_MAX;
 	if (!_PyEval_SliceIndex(v, &ilow))
@@ -3072,8 +3083,7 @@ assign_slice(PyObject *u, PyObject *v, PyObject *w, PyObject *x) /* u[v:w] = x *
 static PyObject *
 cmp_outcome(int op, register PyObject *v, register PyObject *w)
 {
-	register int cmp;
-	register int res = 0;
+	int res = 0;
 	switch (op) {
 	case IS:
 	case IS_NOT:
@@ -3093,18 +3103,7 @@ cmp_outcome(int op, register PyObject *v, register PyObject *w)
 		res = PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches(v, w);
 		break;
 	default:
-		cmp = PyObject_Compare(v, w);
-		if (cmp && PyErr_Occurred())
-			return NULL;
-		switch (op) {
-		case LT: res = cmp <  0; break;
-		case LE: res = cmp <= 0; break;
-		case EQ: res = cmp == 0; break;
-		case NE: res = cmp != 0; break;
-		case GT: res = cmp >  0; break;
-		case GE: res = cmp >= 0; break;
-		/* XXX no default? (res is initialized to 0 though) */
-		}
+		return PyObject_RichCompare(v, w, op);
 	}
 	v = res ? Py_True : Py_False;
 	Py_INCREF(v);