[Python-3000] Immutable bytes -- looking for volunteer

[Neil Schemenauer]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> However there's quite a bit of Python 2.x code around that manipulates
> *bytes* in the guise of 8-bit strings, and it uses tests like "if s[0]
>== 'x': ..." frequently.

I think it would be useful to do a survey and see how much code
would be affected and the effect on readability.

  Neil