The processing performed by the :class:`.Boolean` datatype for backends
that only feature integer types has been made consistent between the
pure Python and C-extension versions, in that the C-extension version
will accept any integer value from the database as a boolean, not just
zero and one; additionally, non-boolean integer values being sent to
the database are coerced to exactly zero or one, instead of being
passed as the original integer value.

Change-Id: I01e647547fd7047bd549dd70e1fa202c51e8328b
Fixes: #3730

to get all flake8 passing

to be very slow.  this now has the effect of producing "conditional" unicode
conversion for the Oracle backend, as it still returns NVARCHAR etc. as unicode
[ticket:2911]
- add new "conditional" functionality to unicode processors; the C-level
function now uses PyUnicode_Check() as a fast alternative to the isinstance()
check in Python

Python ``Decimal`` via string is now configurable.  The
flag ``decimal_return_scale`` is now supported by all :class:`.Numeric`
and :class:`.Float` types, which will ensure this many digits are taken
from the native floating point value when it is converted to string.
If not present, the type will make use of the value of ``.scale``, if
the type supports this setting and it is non-None.  Otherwise the original
default length of 10 is used. [ticket:2867]

- went through examples/ and cleaned out excess list() calls