Issue 21832:  Require named tuple inputs to be exact strings
#20155: use fake HTTP method names so windows doesn't hang the tests.

Windows was seeing the 'GET' generated by these tests as invalid and forcibly
closing the socket, causing the test to fail.

Patch by Jeff Allen.
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Issue #14117: Inprove help text and docstrings, some for clarity, some just to
fit in the default width of the text window (45 chars).
Issue #19145:  Fix handling of negative values for a "times" keyword argument to itertools.repeat()>

(Patch contributed by Vajrasky Kok.)