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Replace "Caveat" paragraphs by .. warning::s.

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@ -42,14 +42,16 @@ and dictionaries are only supported as long as the values contained therein are
themselves supported; and recursive lists and dictionaries should not be written
(they will cause infinite loops).
**Caveat:** On machines where C's ``long int`` type has more than 32 bits (such
as the DEC Alpha), it is possible to create plain Python integers that are
longer than 32 bits. If such an integer is marshaled and read back in on a
machine where C's ``long int`` type has only 32 bits, a Python long integer
object is returned instead. While of a different type, the numeric value is the
same. (This behavior is new in Python 2.2. In earlier versions, all but the
least-significant 32 bits of the value were lost, and a warning message was
printed.)
.. warning::
On machines where C's ``long int`` type has more than 32 bits (such as the
DEC Alpha), it is possible to create plain Python integers that are longer
than 32 bits. If such an integer is marshaled and read back in on a machine
where C's ``long int`` type has only 32 bits, a Python long integer object
is returned instead. While of a different type, the numeric value is the
same. (This behavior is new in Python 2.2. In earlier versions, all but the
least-significant 32 bits of the value were lost, and a warning message was
printed.)
There are functions that read/write files as well as functions operating on
strings.