[pypy-commit] pypy default: merge heads

arigo noreply at buildbot.pypy.org
Mon Apr 28 09:35:29 CEST 2014


Author: Armin Rigo <arigo at tunes.org>
Branch: 
Changeset: r71037:da4834c4bc34
Date: 2014-04-28 09:30 +0200
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/da4834c4bc34/

Log:	merge heads

diff too long, truncating to 2000 out of 11379 lines

diff --git a/dotviewer/graphserver.py b/dotviewer/graphserver.py
--- a/dotviewer/graphserver.py
+++ b/dotviewer/graphserver.py
@@ -160,15 +160,14 @@
                     " | instructions in dotviewer/sshgraphserver.py\n")
             try:
                 import pygame
-            except ImportError:
+                if isinstance(e, pygame.error):
+                    print >> f, help
+            except Exception, e:
                 f.seek(0)
                 f.truncate()
-                print >> f, "ImportError"
+                print >> f, "%s: %s" % (e.__class__.__name__, e)
                 print >> f, " | Pygame is not installed; either install it, or"
                 print >> f, help
-            else:
-                if isinstance(e, pygame.error):
-                    print >> f, help
             io.sendmsg(msgstruct.MSG_ERROR, f.getvalue())
     else:
         listen_server(sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/lib-python/2.7/test/test_array.py b/lib-python/2.7/test/test_array.py
--- a/lib-python/2.7/test/test_array.py
+++ b/lib-python/2.7/test/test_array.py
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@
         b = array.array(self.badtypecode())
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             a + b
+
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             a + 'bad'
 
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@
         b = array.array(self.badtypecode())
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             a += b
+
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             a += 'bad'
 
diff --git a/lib-python/2.7/test/test_builtin.py b/lib-python/2.7/test/test_builtin.py
--- a/lib-python/2.7/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/lib-python/2.7/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -250,14 +250,12 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, compile, 'print 42\n', '<string>', 'badmode')
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, compile, 'print 42\n', '<string>', 'single', 0xff)
-        if check_impl_detail(cpython=True):
-            self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, chr(0), 'f', 'exec')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, chr(0), 'f', 'exec')
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, 'pass', '?', 'exec',
                           mode='eval', source='0', filename='tmp')
         if have_unicode:
             compile(unicode('print u"\xc3\xa5"\n', 'utf8'), '', 'exec')
-            if check_impl_detail(cpython=True):
-                self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, unichr(0), 'f', 'exec')
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, compile, unichr(0), 'f', 'exec')
             self.assertRaises(ValueError, compile, unicode('a = 1'), 'f', 'bad')
 
 
diff --git a/lib-python/2.7/test/test_file2k.py b/lib-python/2.7/test/test_file2k.py
--- a/lib-python/2.7/test/test_file2k.py
+++ b/lib-python/2.7/test/test_file2k.py
@@ -479,11 +479,10 @@
 
     def _create_file(self):
         if self.use_buffering:
-            f = open(self.filename, "w+", buffering=1024*16)
+            self.f = open(self.filename, "w+", buffering=1024*16)
         else:
-            f = open(self.filename, "w+")
-        self.f = f
-        self.all_files.append(f)
+            self.f = open(self.filename, "w+")
+        self.all_files.append(self.f)
         oldf = self.all_files.pop(0)
         if oldf is not None:
             oldf.close()
diff --git a/lib-python/2.7/test/test_itertools.py b/lib-python/2.7/test/test_itertools.py
--- a/lib-python/2.7/test/test_itertools.py
+++ b/lib-python/2.7/test/test_itertools.py
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@
 
     @test_support.impl_detail("tuple reuse is specific to CPython")
     def test_combinations_tuple_reuse(self):
-        # Test implementation detail:  tuple re-use
         self.assertEqual(len(set(map(id, combinations('abcde', 3)))), 1)
         self.assertNotEqual(len(set(map(id, list(combinations('abcde', 3))))), 1)
 
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@
 
     @test_support.impl_detail("tuple reuse is specific to CPython")
     def test_combinations_with_replacement_tuple_reuse(self):
-        # Test implementation detail:  tuple re-use
         cwr = combinations_with_replacement
         self.assertEqual(len(set(map(id, cwr('abcde', 3)))), 1)
         self.assertNotEqual(len(set(map(id, list(cwr('abcde', 3))))), 1)
@@ -278,7 +276,6 @@
 
     @test_support.impl_detail("tuple reuse is specific to CPython")
     def test_permutations_tuple_reuse(self):
-        # Test implementation detail:  tuple re-use
         self.assertEqual(len(set(map(id, permutations('abcde', 3)))), 1)
         self.assertNotEqual(len(set(map(id, list(permutations('abcde', 3))))), 1)
 
diff --git a/lib-python/2.7/test/test_memoryview.py b/lib-python/2.7/test/test_memoryview.py
--- a/lib-python/2.7/test/test_memoryview.py
+++ b/lib-python/2.7/test/test_memoryview.py
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, setitem, (0,), b"a")
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, setitem, "a", b"a")
         # Trying to resize the memory object
-        self.assertRaises((ValueError, TypeError), setitem, 0, b"")
-        self.assertRaises((ValueError, TypeError), setitem, 0, b"ab")
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, setitem, 0, b"")
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, setitem, 0, b"ab")
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, setitem, slice(1,1), b"a")
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, setitem, slice(0,2), b"a")
 
@@ -166,18 +166,11 @@
             self.assertTrue(m[0:6] == m[:])
             self.assertFalse(m[0:5] == m)
 
-            if test_support.check_impl_detail(cpython=True):
-                # what is supported and what is not supported by memoryview is
-                # very inconsisten on CPython. In PyPy, memoryview supports
-                # the buffer interface, and thus the following comparison
-                # succeeds. See also the comment in
-                # pypy.objspace.std.memoryview.W_MemoryView.descr_buffer
-                #
-                # Comparison with objects which don't support the buffer API
-                self.assertFalse(m == u"abcdef", "%s %s" % (self, tp))
-                self.assertTrue(m != u"abcdef")
-                self.assertFalse(u"abcdef" == m)
-                self.assertTrue(u"abcdef" != m)
+            # Comparison with objects which don't support the buffer API
+            self.assertFalse(m == u"abcdef")
+            self.assertTrue(m != u"abcdef")
+            self.assertFalse(u"abcdef" == m)
+            self.assertTrue(u"abcdef" != m)
 
             # Unordered comparisons are unimplemented, and therefore give
             # arbitrary results (they raise a TypeError in py3k)
diff --git a/lib_pypy/_ctypes_test.py b/lib_pypy/_ctypes_test.py
--- a/lib_pypy/_ctypes_test.py
+++ b/lib_pypy/_ctypes_test.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import imp, os
+import imp
+import os
 
 try:
     import cpyext
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@
     output_dir = _pypy_testcapi.get_hashed_dir(os.path.join(thisdir, cfile))
     try:
         fp, filename, description = imp.find_module('_ctypes_test', path=[output_dir])
-        imp.load_module('_ctypes_test', fp, filename, description)
+        with fp:
+            imp.load_module('_ctypes_test', fp, filename, description)
     except ImportError:
         print('could not find _ctypes_test in %s' % output_dir)
         _pypy_testcapi.compile_shared('_ctypes_test.c', '_ctypes_test', output_dir)
diff --git a/lib_pypy/_testcapi.py b/lib_pypy/_testcapi.py
--- a/lib_pypy/_testcapi.py
+++ b/lib_pypy/_testcapi.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import imp, os
+import imp
+import os
 
 try:
     import cpyext
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 
 try:
     fp, filename, description = imp.find_module('_testcapi', path=[output_dir])
-    imp.load_module('_testcapi', fp, filename, description)
+    with fp:
+        imp.load_module('_testcapi', fp, filename, description)
 except ImportError:
     _pypy_testcapi.compile_shared(cfile, '_testcapi', output_dir)
diff --git a/pypy/doc/cppyy.rst b/pypy/doc/cppyy.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/cppyy.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/cppyy.rst
@@ -560,6 +560,12 @@
   Fixing these bootstrap problems is on the TODO list.
   The global namespace is ``cppyy.gbl``.
 
+* **NULL**: Is represented as ``cppyy.gbl.nullptr``.
+  In C++11, the keyword ``nullptr`` is used to represent ``NULL``.
+  For clarity of intent, it is recommended to use this instead of ``None``
+  (or the integer ``0``, which can serve in some cases), as ``None`` is better
+  understood as ``void`` in C++.
+
 * **operator conversions**: If defined in the C++ class and a python
   equivalent exists (i.e. all builtin integer and floating point types, as well
   as ``bool``), it will map onto that python conversion.
@@ -577,7 +583,7 @@
   Special care needs to be taken for global operator overloads in C++: first,
   make sure that they are actually reflected, especially for the global
   overloads for ``operator==`` and ``operator!=`` of STL vector iterators in
-  the case of gcc (note that they are not needed to iterator over a vector).
+  the case of gcc (note that they are not needed to iterate over a vector).
   Second, make sure that reflection info is loaded in the proper order.
   I.e. that these global overloads are available before use.
 
diff --git a/pypy/doc/extending.rst b/pypy/doc/extending.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/extending.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/extending.rst
@@ -66,58 +66,26 @@
 Reflex
 ======
 
-This method is still experimental.  It adds the `cppyy`_ module.
-The method works by using the `Reflex package`_ to provide reflection
-information of the C++ code, which is then used to automatically generate
-bindings at runtime.
-From a python standpoint, there is no difference between generating bindings
-at runtime, or having them "statically" generated and available in scripts
-or compiled into extension modules: python classes and functions are always
-runtime structures, created when a script or module loads.
+The builtin `cppyy`_ module uses reflection information, provided by
+`Reflex`_ (which needs to be `installed separately`_), of C/C++ code to
+automatically generate bindings at runtime.
+In Python, classes and functions are always runtime structures, so when they
+are generated matters not for performance.
 However, if the backend itself is capable of dynamic behavior, it is a much
-better functional match to python, allowing tighter integration and more
-natural language mappings.
-Full details are `available here`_.
+better functional match, allowing tighter integration and more natural
+language mappings.
+
+The `cppyy`_ module is written in RPython, thus PyPy's JIT is able to remove
+most cross-language call overhead.
+
+`Full details`_ are `available here`_.
 
 .. _`cppyy`: cppyy.html
-.. _`reflex-support`: cppyy.html
-.. _`Reflex package`: http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/reflex
+.. _`installed separately`: http://cern.ch/wlav/reflex-2013-08-14.tar.bz2
+.. _`Reflex`: http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/reflex
+.. _`Full details`: cppyy.html
 .. _`available here`: cppyy.html
 
-Pros
-----
-
-The cppyy module is written in RPython, which makes it possible to keep the
-code execution visible to the JIT all the way to the actual point of call into
-C++, thus allowing for a very fast interface.
-Reflex is currently in use in large software environments in High Energy
-Physics (HEP), across many different projects and packages, and its use can be
-virtually completely automated in a production environment.
-One of its uses in HEP is in providing language bindings for CPython.
-Thus, it is possible to use Reflex to have bound code work on both CPython and
-on PyPy.
-In the medium-term, Reflex will be replaced by `cling`_, which is based on
-`llvm`_.
-This will affect the backend only; the python-side interface is expected to
-remain the same, except that cling adds a lot of dynamic behavior to C++,
-enabling further language integration.
-
-.. _`cling`: http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/cling
-.. _`llvm`: http://llvm.org/
-
-Cons
-----
-
-C++ is a large language, and cppyy is not yet feature-complete.
-Still, the experience gained in developing the equivalent bindings for CPython
-means that adding missing features is a simple matter of engineering, not a
-question of research.
-The module is written so that currently missing features should do no harm if
-you don't use them, if you do need a particular feature, it may be necessary
-to work around it in python or with a C++ helper function.
-Although Reflex works on various platforms, the bindings with PyPy have only
-been tested on Linux.
-
 
 RPython Mixed Modules
 =====================
diff --git a/pypy/doc/release-2.3.0.rst b/pypy/doc/release-2.3.0.rst
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pypy/doc/release-2.3.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+=======================================
+PyPy 2.3 - XXXX TODO
+=======================================
+
+We're pleased to announce PyPy 2.3, which targets version 2.7.6 of the Python
+language. This release updates the stdlib from 2.7.3, jumping directly to 2.7.6.
+
+This release also contains several bugfixes and performance improvements. 
+
+You can download the PyPy 2.3 release here:
+
+    http://pypy.org/download.html
+
+We would like to thank our donors for the continued support of the PyPy
+project. We showed quite a bit of progress on all three projects (see below)
+and we're slowly running out of funds.
+Please consider donating more so we can finish those projects!  The three
+projects are:
+
+* Py3k (supporting Python 3.x): the release PyPy3 2.2 is imminent.
+
+* STM (software transactional memory): a preview will be released very soon,
+  as soon as we fix a few bugs
+
+* NumPy: the work done is included in the PyPy 2.2 release. More details below.
+
+.. _`Raspberry Pi Foundation`: http://www.raspberrypi.org
+
+What is PyPy?
+=============
+
+PyPy is a very compliant Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement for
+CPython 2.7. It's fast (`pypy 2.2 and cpython 2.7.2`_ performance comparison)
+due to its integrated tracing JIT compiler.
+
+This release supports x86 machines running Linux 32/64, Mac OS X 64, Windows
+32, or ARM (ARMv6 or ARMv7, with VFPv3).
+
+Work on the native Windows 64 is still stalling, we would welcome a volunteer
+to handle that.
+
+.. _`pypy 2.2 and cpython 2.7.2`: http://speed.pypy.org
+
+Highlights
+==========
+
+* Our Garbage Collector is now "incremental".  It should avoid almost
+  all pauses due to a major collection taking place.  Previously, it
+  would pause the program (rarely) to walk all live objects, which
+  could take arbitrarily long if your process is using a whole lot of
+  RAM.  Now the same work is done in steps.  This should make PyPy
+  more responsive, e.g. in games.  There are still other pauses, from
+  the GC and the JIT, but they should be on the order of 5
+  milliseconds each.
+
+* The JIT counters for hot code were never reset, which meant that a
+  process running for long enough would eventually JIT-compile more
+  and more rarely executed code.  Not only is it useless to compile
+  such code, but as more compiled code means more memory used, this
+  gives the impression of a memory leak.  This has been tentatively
+  fixed by decreasing the counters from time to time.
+
+* NumPy has been split: now PyPy only contains the core module, called
+  ``_numpypy``.  The ``numpy`` module itself has been moved to
+  ``https://bitbucket.org/pypy/numpy`` and ``numpypy`` disappeared.
+  You need to install NumPy separately with a virtualenv:
+  ``pip install git+https://bitbucket.org/pypy/numpy.git``;
+  or directly:
+  ``git clone https://bitbucket.org/pypy/numpy.git``;
+  ``cd numpy``; ``pypy setup.py install``.
+
+* non-inlined calls have less overhead
+
+* Things that use ``sys.set_trace`` are now JITted (like coverage)
+
+* JSON decoding is now very fast (JSON encoding was already very fast)
+
+* various buffer copying methods experience speedups (like list-of-ints to
+  ``int[]`` buffer from cffi)
+
+* We finally wrote (hopefully) all the missing ``os.xxx()`` functions,
+  including ``os.startfile()`` on Windows and a handful of rare ones
+  on Posix.
+
+* numpy has a rudimentary C API that cooperates with ``cpyext``
+
+Cheers,
+Armin Rigo and Maciej Fijalkowski
diff --git a/pypy/doc/sandbox.rst b/pypy/doc/sandbox.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/sandbox.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/sandbox.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
   use this sandboxed PyPy from a regular Python interpreter (CPython, or
   an unsandboxed PyPy).  Contributions welcome.
 
+.. warning::
+  
+  Tested with PyPy2.  May not work out of the box with PyPy3.
+
 
 Overview
 --------
diff --git a/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst
--- a/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst
+++ b/pypy/doc/whatsnew-head.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 .. this is a revision shortly after release-2.3.x
 .. startrev: ba569fe1efdb
 
-
-
 .. branch: small-unroll-improvements
 Improve optimiziation of small allocation-heavy loops in the JIT
+
+.. branch: reflex-support
+
+.. branch: refactor-buffer-api
+Properly implement old/new buffer API for objects and start work on replacing bufferstr usage
diff --git a/pypy/interpreter/baseobjspace.py b/pypy/interpreter/baseobjspace.py
--- a/pypy/interpreter/baseobjspace.py
+++ b/pypy/interpreter/baseobjspace.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from rpython.rlib import jit, types
 from rpython.rlib.debug import make_sure_not_resized
 from rpython.rlib.objectmodel import (we_are_translated, newlist_hint,
-     compute_unique_id)
+     compute_unique_id, specialize)
 from rpython.rlib.signature import signature
 from rpython.rlib.rarithmetic import r_uint, SHRT_MIN, SHRT_MAX, \
     INT_MIN, INT_MAX, UINT_MAX
@@ -194,13 +194,37 @@
     def immutable_unique_id(self, space):
         return None
 
-    def buffer_w(self, space):
+    def buffer_w(self, space, flags):
         w_impl = space.lookup(self, '__buffer__')
         if w_impl is not None:
             w_result = space.get_and_call_function(w_impl, self)
             if space.isinstance_w(w_result, space.w_buffer):
-                return w_result.buffer_w(space)
-        self._typed_unwrap_error(space, "buffer")
+                return w_result.buffer_w(space, flags)
+        raise TypeError
+
+    def readbuf_w(self, space):
+        w_impl = space.lookup(self, '__buffer__')
+        if w_impl is not None:
+            w_result = space.get_and_call_function(w_impl, self)
+            if space.isinstance_w(w_result, space.w_buffer):
+                return w_result.readbuf_w(space)
+        raise TypeError
+
+    def writebuf_w(self, space):
+        w_impl = space.lookup(self, '__buffer__')
+        if w_impl is not None:
+            w_result = space.get_and_call_function(w_impl, self)
+            if space.isinstance_w(w_result, space.w_buffer):
+                return w_result.writebuf_w(space)
+        raise TypeError
+
+    def charbuf_w(self, space):
+        w_impl = space.lookup(self, '__buffer__')
+        if w_impl is not None:
+            w_result = space.get_and_call_function(w_impl, self)
+            if space.isinstance_w(w_result, space.w_buffer):
+                return w_result.charbuf_w(space)
+        raise TypeError
 
     def str_w(self, space):
         self._typed_unwrap_error(space, "string")
@@ -1340,25 +1364,111 @@
                                  self.wrap('cannot convert negative integer '
                                            'to unsigned int'))
 
-    def buffer_w(self, w_obj):
-        return w_obj.buffer_w(self)
+    BUF_SIMPLE   = 0x0000
+    BUF_WRITABLE = 0x0001
+    BUF_FORMAT   = 0x0004
+    BUF_ND       = 0x0008
+    BUF_STRIDES  = 0x0010 | BUF_ND
+    BUF_INDIRECT = 0x0100 | BUF_STRIDES
 
-    def rwbuffer_w(self, w_obj):
-        # returns a RWBuffer instance
-        from pypy.interpreter.buffer import RWBuffer
-        buffer = self.buffer_w(w_obj)
-        if not isinstance(buffer, RWBuffer):
-            raise OperationError(self.w_TypeError,
-                                 self.wrap('read-write buffer expected'))
-        return buffer
+    BUF_CONTIG_RO = BUF_ND
+    BUF_CONTIG    = BUF_ND | BUF_WRITABLE
 
-    def bufferstr_new_w(self, w_obj):
-        # Implement the "new buffer interface" (new in Python 2.7)
-        # returning an unwrapped string. It doesn't accept unicode
-        # strings
-        buffer = self.buffer_w(w_obj)
-        return buffer.as_str()
+    BUF_FULL_RO = BUF_INDIRECT | BUF_FORMAT
+    BUF_FULL    = BUF_INDIRECT | BUF_FORMAT | BUF_WRITABLE
 
+    def check_buf_flags(self, flags, readonly):
+        if readonly and flags & self.BUF_WRITABLE == self.BUF_WRITABLE:
+            raise oefmt(self.w_BufferError, "Object is not writable.")
+
+    def buffer_w(self, w_obj, flags):
+        # New buffer interface, returns a buffer based on flags (PyObject_GetBuffer)
+        try:
+            return w_obj.buffer_w(self, flags)
+        except TypeError:
+            raise oefmt(self.w_TypeError,
+                        "'%T' does not have the buffer interface", w_obj)
+
+    def readbuf_w(self, w_obj):
+        # Old buffer interface, returns a readonly buffer (PyObject_AsReadBuffer)
+        try:
+            return w_obj.readbuf_w(self)
+        except TypeError:
+            raise oefmt(self.w_TypeError,
+                        "expected a readable buffer object")
+
+    def writebuf_w(self, w_obj):
+        # Old buffer interface, returns a writeable buffer (PyObject_AsWriteBuffer)
+        try:
+            return w_obj.writebuf_w(self)
+        except TypeError:
+            raise oefmt(self.w_TypeError,
+                        "expected a writeable buffer object")
+
+    def charbuf_w(self, w_obj):
+        # Old buffer interface, returns a character buffer (PyObject_AsCharBuffer)
+        try:
+            return w_obj.charbuf_w(self)
+        except TypeError:
+            raise oefmt(self.w_TypeError,
+                        "expected a character buffer object")
+
+    def _getarg_error(self, expected, w_obj):
+        if self.is_none(w_obj):
+            name = "None"
+        else:
+            name = self.type(w_obj).get_module_type_name()
+        raise oefmt(self.w_TypeError, "must be %s, not %s", expected, name)
+
+    @specialize.arg(1)
+    def getarg_w(self, code, w_obj):
+        if code == 'z*':
+            if self.is_none(w_obj):
+                return None
+            code = 's*'
+        if code == 's*':
+            if self.isinstance_w(w_obj, self.w_str):
+                return w_obj.readbuf_w(self)
+            if self.isinstance_w(w_obj, self.w_unicode):
+                return self.str(w_obj).readbuf_w(self)
+            try:
+                return w_obj.buffer_w(self, 0)
+            except TypeError:
+                pass
+            try:
+                return w_obj.readbuf_w(self)
+            except TypeError:
+                self._getarg_error("string or buffer", w_obj)
+        elif code == 's#':
+            if self.isinstance_w(w_obj, self.w_str):
+                return w_obj.str_w(self)
+            if self.isinstance_w(w_obj, self.w_unicode):
+                return self.str(w_obj).str_w(self)
+            try:
+                return w_obj.readbuf_w(self).as_str()
+            except TypeError:
+                self._getarg_error("string or read-only buffer", w_obj)
+        elif code == 'w*':
+            try:
+                try:
+                    return w_obj.buffer_w(self, self.BUF_WRITABLE)
+                except OperationError:
+                    self._getarg_error("read-write buffer", w_obj)
+            except TypeError:
+                pass
+            try:
+                return w_obj.writebuf_w(self)
+            except TypeError:
+                self._getarg_error("read-write buffer", w_obj)
+        elif code == 't#':
+            try:
+                return w_obj.charbuf_w(self)
+            except TypeError:
+                self._getarg_error("string or read-only character buffer", w_obj)
+        else:
+            assert False
+
+    # XXX rename/replace with code more like CPython getargs for buffers
     def bufferstr_w(self, w_obj):
         # Directly returns an interp-level str.  Note that if w_obj is a
         # unicode string, this is different from str_w(buffer(w_obj)):
@@ -1373,8 +1483,18 @@
         except OperationError, e:
             if not e.match(self, self.w_TypeError):
                 raise
-            buffer = self.buffer_w(w_obj)
-            return buffer.as_str()
+        try:
+            buf = w_obj.buffer_w(self, 0)
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            return buf.as_str()
+        try:
+            buf = w_obj.readbuf_w(self)
+        except TypeError:
+            self._getarg_error("string or buffer", w_obj)
+        else:
+            return buf.as_str()
 
     def str_or_None_w(self, w_obj):
         if self.is_w(w_obj, self.w_None):
@@ -1721,6 +1841,7 @@
     'AssertionError',
     'AttributeError',
     'BaseException',
+    'BufferError',
     'DeprecationWarning',
     'EOFError',
     'EnvironmentError',
diff --git a/pypy/interpreter/buffer.py b/pypy/interpreter/buffer.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/pypy/interpreter/buffer.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Buffer protocol support.
-"""
-from rpython.rlib.objectmodel import import_from_mixin
-
-
-class Buffer(object):
-    """Abstract base class for buffers."""
-    __slots__ = []
-
-    def getlength(self):
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
-    def as_str(self):
-        "Returns an interp-level string with the whole content of the buffer."
-        # May be overridden.
-        return self.getslice(0, self.getlength(), 1, self.getlength())
-
-    def getitem(self, index):
-        "Returns the index'th character in the buffer."
-        raise NotImplementedError   # Must be overriden.  No bounds checks.
-
-    def getslice(self, start, stop, step, size):
-        # May be overridden.  No bounds checks.
-        return ''.join([self.getitem(i) for i in range(start, stop, step)])
-
-    def get_raw_address(self):
-        raise ValueError("no raw buffer")
-
-    def is_writable(self):
-        return False
-
-
-class RWBuffer(Buffer):
-    """Abstract base class for read-write buffers."""
-    __slots__ = []
-
-    def is_writable(self):
-        return True
-
-    def setitem(self, index, char):
-        "Write a character into the buffer."
-        raise NotImplementedError   # Must be overriden.  No bounds checks.
-
-    def setslice(self, start, string):
-        # May be overridden.  No bounds checks.
-        for i in range(len(string)):
-            self.setitem(start + i, string[i])
-
-
-class StringBuffer(Buffer):
-    __slots__ = ['value']
-
-    def __init__(self, value):
-        self.value = value
-
-    def getlength(self):
-        return len(self.value)
-
-    def as_str(self):
-        return self.value
-
-    def getitem(self, index):
-        return self.value[index]
-
-    def getslice(self, start, stop, step, size):
-        if size == 0:
-            return ""
-        if step == 1:
-            assert 0 <= start <= stop
-            return self.value[start:stop]
-        return "".join([self.value[start + i*step] for i in xrange(size)])
-# ____________________________________________________________
-
-
-class SubBufferMixin(object):
-    _attrs_ = ['buffer', 'offset', 'size']
-
-    def __init__(self, buffer, offset, size):
-        self.buffer = buffer
-        self.offset = offset
-        self.size = size
-
-    def getlength(self):
-        at_most = self.buffer.getlength() - self.offset
-        if 0 <= self.size <= at_most:
-            return self.size
-        elif at_most >= 0:
-            return at_most
-        else:
-            return 0
-
-    def getitem(self, index):
-        return self.buffer.getitem(self.offset + index)
-
-    def getslice(self, start, stop, step, size):
-        if start == stop:
-            return ''     # otherwise, adding self.offset might make them
-                          # out of bounds
-        return self.buffer.getslice(self.offset + start, self.offset + stop,
-                                    step, size)
-
-
-class SubBuffer(Buffer):
-    import_from_mixin(SubBufferMixin)
-
-
-class RWSubBuffer(RWBuffer):
-    import_from_mixin(SubBufferMixin)
-
-    def setitem(self, index, char):
-        self.buffer.setitem(self.offset + index, char)
-
-    def setslice(self, start, string):
-        if len(string) == 0:
-            return        # otherwise, adding self.offset might make 'start'
-                          # out of bounds
-        self.buffer.setslice(self.offset + start, string)
diff --git a/pypy/interpreter/error.py b/pypy/interpreter/error.py
--- a/pypy/interpreter/error.py
+++ b/pypy/interpreter/error.py
@@ -299,9 +299,13 @@
         """
         self._application_traceback = traceback
 
- at specialize.memo()
+
+class ClearedOpErr:
+    def __init__(self, space):
+        self.operr = OperationError(space.w_None, space.w_None)
+
 def get_cleared_operation_error(space):
-    return OperationError(space.w_None, space.w_None)
+    return space.fromcache(ClearedOpErr).operr
 
 # ____________________________________________________________
 # optimization only: avoid the slowest operation -- the string
diff --git a/pypy/interpreter/executioncontext.py b/pypy/interpreter/executioncontext.py
--- a/pypy/interpreter/executioncontext.py
+++ b/pypy/interpreter/executioncontext.py
@@ -205,11 +205,14 @@
     def sys_exc_info(self): # attn: the result is not the wrapped sys.exc_info() !!!
         """Implements sys.exc_info().
         Return an OperationError instance or None."""
-        frame = self.gettopframe_nohidden()
+        frame = self.gettopframe()
         while frame:
             if frame.last_exception is not None:
-                return frame.last_exception
-            frame = self.getnextframe_nohidden(frame)
+                if (not frame.hide() or
+                        frame.last_exception is
+                            get_cleared_operation_error(self.space)):
+                    return frame.last_exception
+            frame = frame.f_backref()
         return None
 
     def set_sys_exc_info(self, operror):
diff --git a/pypy/interpreter/main.py b/pypy/interpreter/main.py
--- a/pypy/interpreter/main.py
+++ b/pypy/interpreter/main.py
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
     space.setitem(w_modules, w_main, mainmodule)
     return mainmodule
 
+
 def compilecode(space, source, filename, cmd='exec'):
     w = space.wrap
-    w_code = space.builtin.call('compile', 
-             w(source), w(filename), w(cmd), w(0), w(0))
+    w_code = space.builtin.call(
+        'compile', w(source), w(filename), w(cmd), w(0), w(0))
     pycode = space.interp_w(eval.Code, w_code)
     return pycode
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
         cmd = 'eval'
     else:
         cmd = 'exec'
- 
+
     try:
         if space is None:
             from pypy.objspace.std import StdObjSpace
@@ -55,18 +56,22 @@
         operationerr.record_interpreter_traceback()
         raise
 
+
 def run_string(source, filename=None, space=None):
     _run_eval_string(source, filename, space, False)
 
+
 def eval_string(source, filename=None, space=None):
     return _run_eval_string(source, filename, space, True)
 
+
 def run_file(filename, space=None):
-    if __name__=='__main__':
+    if __name__ == '__main__':
         print "Running %r with %r" % (filename, space)
     istring = open(filename).read()
     run_string(istring, filename, space)
 
+
 def run_module(module_name, args, space=None):
     """Implements PEP 338 'Executing modules as scripts', overwriting
     sys.argv[1:] using `args` and executing the module `module_name`.
@@ -89,7 +94,6 @@
     return space.call_function(w_run_module, w(module_name), space.w_None,
                                w('__main__'), space.w_True)
 
-# ____________________________________________________________
 
 def run_toplevel(space, f, verbose=False):
     """Calls f() and handle all OperationErrors.
diff --git a/pypy/interpreter/pyopcode.py b/pypy/interpreter/pyopcode.py
--- a/pypy/interpreter/pyopcode.py
+++ b/pypy/interpreter/pyopcode.py
@@ -881,8 +881,8 @@
 
     def LOAD_NAME(self, nameindex, next_instr):
         if self.w_locals is not self.w_globals:
-            w_varname = self.getname_w(nameindex)
-            w_value = self.space.finditem(self.w_locals, w_varname)
+            varname = self.getname_u(nameindex)
+            w_value = self.space.finditem_str(self.w_locals, varname)
             if w_value is not None:
                 self.pushvalue(w_value)
                 return
diff --git a/pypy/interpreter/test/test_buffer.py b/pypy/interpreter/test/test_buffer.py
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/pypy/interpreter/test/test_buffer.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import py
-from rpython.tool.udir import udir
-
-testdir = udir.ensure('test_buffer', dir=1)
-
-
-class TestBuffer:
-    def test_buffer_w(self):
-        space = self.space
-        w_hello = space.wrap('hello world')
-        buf = space.buffer_w(w_hello)
-        assert buf.getlength() == 11
-        assert buf.as_str() == 'hello world'
-        assert buf.getslice(1, 6, 1, 5) == 'ello '
-        assert space.buffer_w(space.newbuffer(buf)) is buf
-        assert space.bufferstr_w(w_hello) == 'hello world'
-        assert space.bufferstr_w(space.newbuffer(space.buffer_w(w_hello))) == 'hello world'
-        space.raises_w(space.w_TypeError, space.buffer_w, space.wrap(5))
-
-    def test_file_write(self):
-        space = self.space
-        w_buffer = space.newbuffer(space.buffer_w(space.wrap('hello world')))
-        filename = str(testdir.join('test_file_write'))
-        space.appexec([w_buffer, space.wrap(filename)], """(buffer, filename):
-            f = open(filename, 'wb')
-            f.write(buffer)
-            f.close()
-        """)
-        f = open(filename, 'rb')
-        data = f.read()
-        f.close()
-        assert data == 'hello world'
-
-    def test_unicode(self):
-        space = self.space
-        s = space.bufferstr_w(space.wrap(u'hello'))
-        assert type(s) is str
-        assert s == 'hello'
-        space.raises_w(space.w_UnicodeEncodeError,
-                       space.bufferstr_w, space.wrap(u'\xe9'))
-
-
-# Note: some app-level tests for buffer are in objspace/std/test/test_memoryview.py.
diff --git a/pypy/module/__builtin__/compiling.py b/pypy/module/__builtin__/compiling.py
--- a/pypy/module/__builtin__/compiling.py
+++ b/pypy/module/__builtin__/compiling.py
@@ -22,22 +22,6 @@
 compile; if absent or zero these statements do influence the compilation,
 in addition to any features explicitly specified.
 """
-
-    ast_node = None
-    w_ast_type = space.gettypeobject(ast.AST.typedef)
-    str_ = None
-    if space.isinstance_w(w_source, w_ast_type):
-        ast_node = space.interp_w(ast.mod, w_source)
-        ast_node.sync_app_attrs(space)
-    elif space.isinstance_w(w_source, space.w_unicode):
-        w_utf_8_source = space.call_method(w_source, "encode",
-                                           space.wrap("utf-8"))
-        str_ = space.str_w(w_utf_8_source)
-        # This flag tells the parser to reject any coding cookies it sees.
-        flags |= consts.PyCF_SOURCE_IS_UTF8
-    else:
-        str_ = space.str_w(w_source)
-
     ec = space.getexecutioncontext()
     if flags & ~(ec.compiler.compiler_flags | consts.PyCF_ONLY_AST |
                  consts.PyCF_DONT_IMPLY_DEDENT | consts.PyCF_SOURCE_IS_UTF8):
@@ -53,14 +37,30 @@
                              space.wrap("compile() arg 3 must be 'exec' "
                                         "or 'eval' or 'single'"))
 
-    if ast_node is None:
-        if flags & consts.PyCF_ONLY_AST:
-            mod = ec.compiler.compile_to_ast(str_, filename, mode, flags)
-            return space.wrap(mod)
-        else:
-            code = ec.compiler.compile(str_, filename, mode, flags)
+    w_ast_type = space.gettypeobject(ast.AST.typedef)
+    if space.isinstance_w(w_source, w_ast_type):
+        ast_node = space.interp_w(ast.mod, w_source)
+        ast_node.sync_app_attrs(space)
+        code = ec.compiler.compile_ast(ast_node, filename, mode, flags)
+        return space.wrap(code)
+
+    if space.isinstance_w(w_source, space.w_unicode):
+        w_utf_8_source = space.call_method(w_source, "encode",
+                                           space.wrap("utf-8"))
+        str_ = space.str_w(w_utf_8_source)
+        # This flag tells the parser to reject any coding cookies it sees.
+        flags |= consts.PyCF_SOURCE_IS_UTF8
     else:
-        code = ec.compiler.compile_ast(ast_node, filename, mode, flags)
+        str_ = space.readbuf_w(w_source).as_str()
+
+    if '\x00' in str_:
+        raise OperationError(space.w_TypeError, space.wrap(
+            "compile() expected string without null bytes"))
+
+    if flags & consts.PyCF_ONLY_AST:
+        code = ec.compiler.compile_to_ast(str_, filename, mode, flags)
+    else:
+        code = ec.compiler.compile(str_, filename, mode, flags)
     return space.wrap(code)
 
 
diff --git a/pypy/module/__builtin__/functional.py b/pypy/module/__builtin__/functional.py
--- a/pypy/module/__builtin__/functional.py
+++ b/pypy/module/__builtin__/functional.py
@@ -351,17 +351,17 @@
         self.promote_step = promote_step
 
     def descr_new(space, w_subtype, w_start, w_stop=None, w_step=None):
-        start = _toint(space, w_start)
+        start = space.int_w(w_start)
         if space.is_none(w_step):  # no step argument provided
             step = 1
             promote_step = True
         else:
-            step  = _toint(space, w_step)
+            step  = space.int_w(w_step)
             promote_step = False
         if space.is_none(w_stop):  # only 1 argument provided
             start, stop = 0, start
         else:
-            stop = _toint(space, w_stop)
+            stop = space.int_w(w_stop)
         howmany = get_len_of_range(space, start, stop, step)
         obj = space.allocate_instance(W_XRange, w_subtype)
         W_XRange.__init__(obj, space, start, howmany, step, promote_step)
@@ -425,11 +425,6 @@
         minint = -sys.maxint - 1
         return minint if last < minint - step else last + step
 
-def _toint(space, w_obj):
-    # this also supports float arguments.  CPython still does, too.
-    # needs a bit more thinking in general...
-    return space.int_w(space.int(w_obj))
-
 W_XRange.typedef = TypeDef("xrange",
     __new__          = interp2app(W_XRange.descr_new.im_func),
     __repr__         = interp2app(W_XRange.descr_repr),
@@ -441,6 +436,7 @@
 )
 W_XRange.typedef.acceptable_as_base_class = False
 
+
 class W_XRangeIterator(W_Root):
     def __init__(self, space, current, remaining, step):
         self.space = space
@@ -488,7 +484,10 @@
 )
 W_XRangeIterator.typedef.acceptable_as_base_class = False
 
+
 class W_XRangeStepOneIterator(W_XRangeIterator):
+    _immutable_fields_ = ['stop']
+
     def __init__(self, space, start, stop):
         self.space = space
         self.current = start
diff --git a/pypy/module/__builtin__/test/test_builtin.py b/pypy/module/__builtin__/test/test_builtin.py
--- a/pypy/module/__builtin__/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/pypy/module/__builtin__/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -311,14 +311,14 @@
     def test_xrange_len(self):
         x = xrange(33)
         assert len(x) == 33
-        x = xrange(33.2)
-        assert len(x) == 33
+        exc = raises(TypeError, xrange, 33.2)
+        assert "integer" in str(exc.value)
         x = xrange(33,0,-1)
         assert len(x) == 33
         x = xrange(33,0)
         assert len(x) == 0
-        x = xrange(33,0.2)
-        assert len(x) == 0
+        exc = raises(TypeError, xrange, 33, 0.2)
+        assert "integer" in str(exc.value)
         x = xrange(0,33)
         assert len(x) == 33
         x = xrange(0,33,-1)
@@ -490,6 +490,14 @@
     def test_compile(self):
         co = compile('1+2', '?', 'eval')
         assert eval(co) == 3
+        co = compile(buffer('1+2'), '?', 'eval')
+        assert eval(co) == 3
+        exc = raises(TypeError, compile, chr(0), '?', 'eval')
+        assert str(exc.value) == "compile() expected string without null bytes"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, compile, unichr(0), '?', 'eval')
+        assert str(exc.value) == "compile() expected string without null bytes"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, compile, memoryview('1+2'), '?', 'eval')
+        assert str(exc.value) == "expected a readable buffer object"
         compile("from __future__ import with_statement", "<test>", "exec")
         raises(SyntaxError, compile, '-', '?', 'eval')
         raises(ValueError, compile, '"\\xt"', '?', 'eval')
diff --git a/pypy/module/__builtin__/test/test_functional.py b/pypy/module/__builtin__/test/test_functional.py
--- a/pypy/module/__builtin__/test/test_functional.py
+++ b/pypy/module/__builtin__/test/test_functional.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 class AppTestMap:
-
     def test_trivial_map_one_seq(self):
         assert map(lambda x: x+2, [1, 2, 3, 4]) == [3, 4, 5, 6]
 
@@ -77,6 +76,7 @@
         assert result == [(2, 7), (1, 6), (None, 5), (None, 4),
                           (None, 3), (None, 2), (None, 1)]
 
+
 class AppTestZip:
     def test_one_list(self):
         assert zip([1,2,3]) == [(1,), (2,), (3,)]
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
                     yield None
         assert zip(Foo()) == []
 
+
 class AppTestReduce:
     def test_None(self):
         raises(TypeError, reduce, lambda x, y: x+y, [1,2,3], None)
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@
         assert reduce(lambda x, y: x-y, [10, 2, 8]) == 0
         assert reduce(lambda x, y: x-y, [2, 8], 10) == 0
 
+
 class AppTestFilter:
     def test_None(self):
         assert filter(None, ['a', 'b', 1, 0, None]) == ['a', 'b', 1]
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@
                 return i * 10
         assert filter(lambda x: x != 20, T("abcd")) == (0, 10, 30)
 
+
 class AppTestXRange:
     def test_xrange(self):
         x = xrange(2, 9, 3)
@@ -155,7 +158,8 @@
         assert list(xrange(0, 10, A())) == [0, 5]
 
     def test_xrange_float(self):
-        assert list(xrange(0.1, 2.0, 1.1)) == [0, 1]
+        exc = raises(TypeError, xrange, 0.1, 2.0, 1.1)
+        assert "integer" in str(exc.value)
 
     def test_xrange_long(self):
         import sys
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@
         assert list(reversed(list(reversed("hello")))) == ['h','e','l','l','o']
         raises(TypeError, reversed, reversed("hello"))
 
+
 class AppTestApply:
     def test_apply(self):
         def f(*args, **kw):
@@ -228,6 +233,7 @@
         assert apply(f, args) == (args, {})
         assert apply(f, args, kw) == (args, kw)
 
+
 class AppTestAllAny:
     """
     These are copied directly and replicated from the Python 2.5 source code.
@@ -277,6 +283,7 @@
         S = [10, 20, 30]
         assert any([x > 42 for x in S]) == False
 
+
 class AppTestMinMax:
     def test_min(self):
         assert min(1, 2) == 1
diff --git a/pypy/module/__pypy__/bytebuffer.py b/pypy/module/__pypy__/bytebuffer.py
--- a/pypy/module/__pypy__/bytebuffer.py
+++ b/pypy/module/__pypy__/bytebuffer.py
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 # A convenient read-write buffer.  Located here for want of a better place.
 #
 
-from pypy.interpreter.buffer import RWBuffer
+from rpython.rlib.buffer import Buffer
 from pypy.interpreter.gateway import unwrap_spec
 
 
-class ByteBuffer(RWBuffer):
+class ByteBuffer(Buffer):
+    _immutable_ = True
+
     def __init__(self, len):
         self.data = ['\x00'] * len
+        self.readonly = False
 
     def getlength(self):
         return len(self.data)
diff --git a/pypy/module/__pypy__/test/test_bytebuffer.py b/pypy/module/__pypy__/test/test_bytebuffer.py
--- a/pypy/module/__pypy__/test/test_bytebuffer.py
+++ b/pypy/module/__pypy__/test/test_bytebuffer.py
@@ -13,3 +13,18 @@
         assert b[-1] == '*'
         assert b[-2] == '-'
         assert b[-3] == '+'
+        exc = raises(TypeError, "b[3] = 'abc'")
+        assert str(exc.value) == "right operand must be a single byte"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, "b[3:5] = 'abc'")
+        assert str(exc.value) == "right operand length must match slice length"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, "b[3:7:2] = 'abc'")
+        assert str(exc.value) == "right operand length must match slice length"
+
+        b = bytebuffer(10)
+        b[1:3] = 'xy'
+        assert str(b) == "\x00xy" + "\x00" * 7
+        b[4:8:2] = 'zw'
+        assert str(b) == "\x00xy\x00z\x00w" + "\x00" * 3
+        r = str(buffer(u'#'))
+        b[6:6+len(r)] = u'#'
+        assert str(b[:6+len(r)]) == "\x00xy\x00z\x00" + r
diff --git a/pypy/module/_cffi_backend/cbuffer.py b/pypy/module/_cffi_backend/cbuffer.py
--- a/pypy/module/_cffi_backend/cbuffer.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_cffi_backend/cbuffer.py
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
-from pypy.interpreter.buffer import RWBuffer
-from pypy.interpreter.error import oefmt
+from pypy.interpreter.error import oefmt, OperationError
 from pypy.interpreter.gateway import unwrap_spec, interp2app
 from pypy.interpreter.typedef import TypeDef, make_weakref_descr
 from pypy.module._cffi_backend import cdataobj, ctypeptr, ctypearray
-from pypy.objspace.std.memoryview import W_Buffer
+from pypy.objspace.std.bufferobject import W_Buffer
 
+from rpython.rlib.buffer import Buffer
 from rpython.rtyper.annlowlevel import llstr
 from rpython.rtyper.lltypesystem import rffi
 from rpython.rtyper.lltypesystem.rstr import copy_string_to_raw
 
 
-class LLBuffer(RWBuffer):
+class LLBuffer(Buffer):
     _immutable_ = True
 
     def __init__(self, raw_cdata, size):
         self.raw_cdata = raw_cdata
         self.size = size
+        self.readonly = False
 
     def getlength(self):
         return self.size
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
     def getslice(self, start, stop, step, size):
         if step == 1:
             return rffi.charpsize2str(rffi.ptradd(self.raw_cdata, start), size)
-        return RWBuffer.getslice(self, start, stop, step, size)
+        return Buffer.getslice(self, start, stop, step, size)
 
     def setslice(self, start, string):
         raw_cdata = rffi.ptradd(self.raw_cdata, start)
@@ -46,6 +47,14 @@
         W_Buffer.__init__(self, buffer)
         self.keepalive = keepalive
 
+    def descr_setitem(self, space, w_index, w_obj):
+        try:
+            W_Buffer.descr_setitem(self, space, w_index, w_obj)
+        except OperationError as e:
+            if e.match(space, space.w_TypeError):
+                e.w_type = space.w_ValueError
+            raise
+
 MiniBuffer.typedef = TypeDef(
     "buffer",
     __module__ = "_cffi_backend",
diff --git a/pypy/module/_codecs/__init__.py b/pypy/module/_codecs/__init__.py
--- a/pypy/module/_codecs/__init__.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_codecs/__init__.py
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
          'utf_32_le_decode' : 'interp_codecs.utf_32_le_decode',
          'utf_32_le_encode' : 'interp_codecs.utf_32_le_encode',
          'utf_32_ex_decode' : 'interp_codecs.utf_32_ex_decode',
-         'charbuffer_encode': 'interp_codecs.buffer_encode',
-         'readbuffer_encode': 'interp_codecs.buffer_encode',
+         'charbuffer_encode': 'interp_codecs.charbuffer_encode',
+         'readbuffer_encode': 'interp_codecs.readbuffer_encode',
          'charmap_decode'   : 'interp_codecs.charmap_decode',
          'charmap_encode'   : 'interp_codecs.charmap_encode',
          'escape_encode'    : 'interp_codecs.escape_encode',
diff --git a/pypy/module/_codecs/interp_codecs.py b/pypy/module/_codecs/interp_codecs.py
--- a/pypy/module/_codecs/interp_codecs.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_codecs/interp_codecs.py
@@ -321,8 +321,14 @@
     w_res = space.call_function(w_encoder, w_obj, space.wrap(errors))
     return space.getitem(w_res, space.wrap(0))
 
- at unwrap_spec(s='bufferstr', errors='str_or_None')
-def buffer_encode(space, s, errors='strict'):
+ at unwrap_spec(errors='str_or_None')
+def readbuffer_encode(space, w_data, errors='strict'):
+    s = space.getarg_w('s#', w_data)
+    return space.newtuple([space.wrap(s), space.wrap(len(s))])
+
+ at unwrap_spec(errors='str_or_None')
+def charbuffer_encode(space, w_data, errors='strict'):
+    s = space.getarg_w('t#', w_data)
     return space.newtuple([space.wrap(s), space.wrap(len(s))])
 
 @unwrap_spec(errors=str)
@@ -673,7 +679,7 @@
     if space.isinstance_w(w_string, space.w_unicode):
         return space.newtuple([w_string, space.len(w_string)])
 
-    string = space.str_w(w_string)
+    string = space.readbuf_w(w_string).as_str()
 
     if len(string) == 0:
         return space.newtuple([space.wrap(u''), space.wrap(0)])
diff --git a/pypy/module/_codecs/test/test_codecs.py b/pypy/module/_codecs/test/test_codecs.py
--- a/pypy/module/_codecs/test/test_codecs.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_codecs/test/test_codecs.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
                 assert enc == "a\x00\x00\x00"
 
     def test_unicode_internal_decode(self):
-        import sys
+        import sys, _codecs, array
         if sys.maxunicode == 65535: # UCS2 build
             if sys.byteorder == "big":
                 bytes = "\x00a"
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@
                 bytes2 = "\x98\x00\x01\x00"
             assert bytes2.decode("unicode_internal") == u"\U00010098"
         assert bytes.decode("unicode_internal") == u"a"
+        assert _codecs.unicode_internal_decode(array.array('c', bytes))[0] == u"a"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, _codecs.unicode_internal_decode, memoryview(bytes))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "expected a readable buffer object"
 
     def test_raw_unicode_escape(self):
         assert unicode("\u0663", "raw-unicode-escape") == u"\u0663"
@@ -420,9 +423,13 @@
         for (i, line) in enumerate(reader):
             assert line == s[i]
 
-    def test_array(self):
+    def test_buffer_encode(self):
         import _codecs, array
-        _codecs.readbuffer_encode(array.array('c', 'spam')) == ('spam', 4)
+        assert _codecs.readbuffer_encode(array.array('c', 'spam')) == ('spam', 4)
+        exc = raises(TypeError, _codecs.charbuffer_encode, array.array('c', 'spam'))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be string or read-only character buffer, not array.array"
+        assert _codecs.readbuffer_encode(u"test") == ('test', 4)
+        assert _codecs.charbuffer_encode(u"test") == ('test', 4)
 
     def test_utf8sig(self):
         import codecs
diff --git a/pypy/module/_continuation/interp_continuation.py b/pypy/module/_continuation/interp_continuation.py
--- a/pypy/module/_continuation/interp_continuation.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_continuation/interp_continuation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from rpython.rlib.rstacklet import StackletThread
 from rpython.rlib import jit
-from pypy.interpreter.error import OperationError
+from pypy.interpreter.error import OperationError, get_cleared_operation_error
 from pypy.interpreter.executioncontext import ExecutionContext
 from pypy.interpreter.baseobjspace import W_Root
 from pypy.interpreter.typedef import TypeDef
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
         bottomframe.locals_stack_w[1] = w_callable
         bottomframe.locals_stack_w[2] = w_args
         bottomframe.locals_stack_w[3] = w_kwds
+        bottomframe.last_exception = get_cleared_operation_error(space)
         self.bottomframe = bottomframe
         #
         global_state.origin = self
diff --git a/pypy/module/_continuation/test/test_stacklet.py b/pypy/module/_continuation/test/test_stacklet.py
--- a/pypy/module/_continuation/test/test_stacklet.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_continuation/test/test_stacklet.py
@@ -684,3 +684,17 @@
         execfile(self.translated, d)
         d['set_fast_mode']()
         d['test_various_depths']()
+
+    def test_exc_info_doesnt_follow_continuations(self):
+        import sys
+        from _continuation import continulet
+        #
+        def f1(c1):
+            return sys.exc_info()
+        #
+        c1 = continulet(f1)
+        try:
+            1 // 0
+        except ZeroDivisionError:
+            got = c1.switch()
+        assert got == (None, None, None)
diff --git a/pypy/module/_file/interp_file.py b/pypy/module/_file/interp_file.py
--- a/pypy/module/_file/interp_file.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_file/interp_file.py
@@ -267,9 +267,14 @@
 
     def direct_write(self, w_data):
         space = self.space
-        if not self.binary and space.isinstance_w(w_data, space.w_unicode):
-            w_data = space.call_method(w_data, "encode", space.wrap(self.encoding), space.wrap(self.errors))
-        data = space.bufferstr_w(w_data)
+        if self.binary:
+            data = space.getarg_w('s*', w_data).as_str()
+        else:
+            if space.isinstance_w(w_data, space.w_unicode):
+                w_data = space.call_method(w_data, "encode",
+                                           space.wrap(self.encoding),
+                                           space.wrap(self.errors))
+            data = space.charbuf_w(w_data)
         self.do_direct_write(data)
 
     def do_direct_write(self, data):
@@ -455,21 +460,24 @@
 
         space = self.space
         self.check_closed()
-        w_iterator = space.iter(w_lines)
-        while True:
-            try:
-                w_line = space.next(w_iterator)
-            except OperationError, e:
-                if not e.match(space, space.w_StopIteration):
-                    raise
-                break  # done
+        lines = space.fixedview(w_lines)
+        for i, w_line in enumerate(lines):
+            if not space.isinstance_w(w_line, space.w_str):
+                try:
+                    line = w_line.charbuf_w(space)
+                except TypeError:
+                    raise OperationError(space.w_TypeError, space.wrap(
+                        "writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings"))
+                else:
+                    lines[i] = space.wrap(line)
+        for w_line in lines:
             self.file_write(w_line)
 
     def file_readinto(self, w_rwbuffer):
         """readinto() -> Undocumented.  Don't use this; it may go away."""
         # XXX not the most efficient solution as it doesn't avoid the copying
         space = self.space
-        rwbuffer = space.rwbuffer_w(w_rwbuffer)
+        rwbuffer = space.writebuf_w(w_rwbuffer)
         w_data = self.file_read(rwbuffer.getlength())
         data = space.str_w(w_data)
         rwbuffer.setslice(0, data)
diff --git a/pypy/module/_file/test/test_file_extra.py b/pypy/module/_file/test/test_file_extra.py
--- a/pypy/module/_file/test/test_file_extra.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_file/test/test_file_extra.py
@@ -386,6 +386,32 @@
         assert len(somelines) > 200
         assert somelines == lines[:len(somelines)]
 
+    def test_writelines(self):
+        import array
+        fn = self.temptestfile
+        with file(fn, 'w') as f:
+            f.writelines(['abc'])
+            f.writelines([u'def'])
+            exc = raises(TypeError, f.writelines, [array.array('c', 'ghi')])
+            assert str(exc.value) == "writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings"
+            exc = raises(TypeError, f.writelines, [memoryview('jkl')])
+            assert str(exc.value) == "writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings"
+        assert open(fn, 'r').readlines() == ['abcdef']
+
+        with file(fn, 'wb') as f:
+            f.writelines(['abc'])
+            f.writelines([u'def'])
+            exc = raises(TypeError, f.writelines, [array.array('c', 'ghi')])
+            assert str(exc.value) == "writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings"
+            exc = raises(TypeError, f.writelines, [memoryview('jkl')])
+            assert str(exc.value) == "writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings"
+        assert open(fn, 'rb').readlines() == ['abcdef']
+
+        with file(fn, 'wb') as f:
+            exc = raises(TypeError, f.writelines, ['abc', memoryview('def')])
+            assert str(exc.value) == "writelines() argument must be a sequence of strings"
+        assert open(fn, 'rb').readlines() == []
+
     def test_nasty_writelines(self):
         # The stream lock should be released between writes
         fn = self.temptestfile
diff --git a/pypy/module/_io/interp_bufferedio.py b/pypy/module/_io/interp_bufferedio.py
--- a/pypy/module/_io/interp_bufferedio.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_io/interp_bufferedio.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from pypy.interpreter.typedef import (
     TypeDef, GetSetProperty, generic_new_descr, interp_attrproperty_w)
 from pypy.interpreter.gateway import interp2app, unwrap_spec, WrappedDefault
-from pypy.interpreter.buffer import RWBuffer
+from rpython.rlib.buffer import Buffer
 from rpython.rlib.rstring import StringBuilder
 from rpython.rlib.rarithmetic import r_longlong, intmask
 from rpython.rlib import rposix
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         self._unsupportedoperation(space, "detach")
 
     def readinto_w(self, space, w_buffer):
-        rwbuffer = space.rwbuffer_w(w_buffer)
+        rwbuffer = space.getarg_w('w*', w_buffer)
         length = rwbuffer.getlength()
         w_data = space.call_method(self, "read", space.wrap(length))
 
@@ -101,11 +101,14 @@
     readinto = interp2app(W_BufferedIOBase.readinto_w),
 )
 
-class RawBuffer(RWBuffer):
+class RawBuffer(Buffer):
+    _immutable_ = True
+
     def __init__(self, buf, start, length):
         self.buf = buf
         self.start = start
         self.length = length
+        self.readonly = False
 
     def getlength(self):
         return self.length
@@ -698,7 +701,7 @@
     def write_w(self, space, w_data):
         self._check_init(space)
         self._check_closed(space, "write to closed file")
-        data = space.bufferstr_w(w_data)
+        data = space.getarg_w('s*', w_data).as_str()
         size = len(data)
 
         with self.lock:
diff --git a/pypy/module/_io/interp_bytesio.py b/pypy/module/_io/interp_bytesio.py
--- a/pypy/module/_io/interp_bytesio.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_io/interp_bytesio.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
     def readinto_w(self, space, w_buffer):
         self._check_closed(space)
-        rwbuffer = space.rwbuffer_w(w_buffer)
+        rwbuffer = space.getarg_w('w*', w_buffer)
         size = rwbuffer.getlength()
 
         output = self.read(size)
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@
 
     def write_w(self, space, w_data):
         self._check_closed(space)
-        if space.isinstance_w(w_data, space.w_unicode):
-            raise OperationError(space.w_TypeError, space.wrap(
-                "bytes string of buffer expected"))
-        buf = space.bufferstr_w(w_data)
+        buf = space.buffer_w(w_data, space.BUF_CONTIG_RO).as_str()
         length = len(buf)
         if length <= 0:
             return space.wrap(0)
diff --git a/pypy/module/_io/interp_fileio.py b/pypy/module/_io/interp_fileio.py
--- a/pypy/module/_io/interp_fileio.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_io/interp_fileio.py
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
     def write_w(self, space, w_data):
         self._check_closed(space)
         self._check_writable(space)
-        data = space.bufferstr_w(w_data)
+        data = space.getarg_w('s*', w_data).as_str()
 
         try:
             n = os.write(self.fd, data)
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
     def readinto_w(self, space, w_buffer):
         self._check_closed(space)
         self._check_readable(space)
-        rwbuffer = space.rwbuffer_w(w_buffer)
+        rwbuffer = space.getarg_w('w*', w_buffer)
         length = rwbuffer.getlength()
         try:
             buf = os.read(self.fd, length)
diff --git a/pypy/module/_io/test/test_bufferedio.py b/pypy/module/_io/test/test_bufferedio.py
--- a/pypy/module/_io/test/test_bufferedio.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_io/test/test_bufferedio.py
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@
         raw = _io.FileIO(self.tmpfile)
         f = _io.BufferedReader(raw)
         assert f.readinto(a) == 5
+        exc = raises(TypeError, f.readinto, u"hello")
+        assert str(exc.value) == "cannot use unicode as modifiable buffer"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, f.readinto, buffer(b"hello"))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be read-write buffer, not buffer"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, f.readinto, buffer(bytearray("hello")))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be read-write buffer, not buffer"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, f.readinto, memoryview(b"hello"))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be read-write buffer, not memoryview"
         f.close()
         assert a == 'a\nb\ncxxxxx'
 
@@ -235,7 +243,8 @@
         import _io
         raw = _io.FileIO(self.tmpfile, 'w')
         f = _io.BufferedWriter(raw)
-        f.write("abcd")
+        f.write("ab")
+        f.write(u"cd")
         f.close()
         assert self.readfile() == "abcd"
 
diff --git a/pypy/module/_io/test/test_bytesio.py b/pypy/module/_io/test/test_bytesio.py
--- a/pypy/module/_io/test/test_bytesio.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_io/test/test_bytesio.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
         f = _io.BytesIO()
         assert f.write("") == 0
         assert f.write("hello") == 5
+        exc = raises(TypeError, f.write, u"lo")
+        assert str(exc.value) == "'unicode' does not have the buffer interface"
         import gc; gc.collect()
         assert f.getvalue() == "hello"
         f.close()
@@ -97,6 +99,14 @@
         a2 = bytearray('testing')
         assert b.readinto(a1) == 1
         assert b.readinto(a2) == 4
+        exc = raises(TypeError, b.readinto, u"hello")
+        assert str(exc.value) == "cannot use unicode as modifiable buffer"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, b.readinto, buffer(b"hello"))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be read-write buffer, not buffer"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, b.readinto, buffer(bytearray("hello")))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be read-write buffer, not buffer"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, b.readinto, memoryview(b"hello"))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be read-write buffer, not memoryview"
         b.close()
         assert a1 == "h"
         assert a2 == "elloing"
diff --git a/pypy/module/_io/test/test_fileio.py b/pypy/module/_io/test/test_fileio.py
--- a/pypy/module/_io/test/test_fileio.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_io/test/test_fileio.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@
         import _io
         filename = self.tmpfile + '_w'
         f = _io.FileIO(filename, 'wb')
-        f.write("test")
+        f.write("te")
+        f.write(u"st")
         # try without flushing
         f2 = _io.FileIO(filename, 'rb')
         assert f2.read() == "test"
@@ -135,6 +136,14 @@
         a = bytearray('x' * 10)
         f = _io.FileIO(self.tmpfile, 'r+')
         assert f.readinto(a) == 10
+        exc = raises(TypeError, f.readinto, u"hello")
+        assert str(exc.value) == "cannot use unicode as modifiable buffer"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, f.readinto, buffer(b"hello"))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be read-write buffer, not buffer"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, f.readinto, buffer(bytearray("hello")))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be read-write buffer, not buffer"
+        exc = raises(TypeError, f.readinto, memoryview(b"hello"))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be read-write buffer, not memoryview"
         f.close()
         assert a == 'a\nb\nc\0\0\0\0\0'
         #
diff --git a/pypy/module/_multiprocessing/interp_connection.py b/pypy/module/_multiprocessing/interp_connection.py
--- a/pypy/module/_multiprocessing/interp_connection.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_multiprocessing/interp_connection.py
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@
             raise OperationError(space.w_IOError,
                                  space.wrap("connection is read-only"))
 
-    @unwrap_spec(buf='bufferstr', offset='index', size='index')
-    def send_bytes(self, space, buf, offset=0, size=PY_SSIZE_T_MIN):
+    @unwrap_spec(offset='index', size='index')
+    def send_bytes(self, space, w_buf, offset=0, size=PY_SSIZE_T_MIN):
+        buf = space.getarg_w('s*', w_buf).as_str()
         length = len(buf)
         self._check_writable(space)
         if offset < 0:
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@
 
     @unwrap_spec(offset='index')
     def recv_bytes_into(self, space, w_buffer, offset=0):
-        rwbuffer = space.rwbuffer_w(w_buffer)
+        rwbuffer = space.writebuf_w(w_buffer)
         length = rwbuffer.getlength()
 
         res, newbuf = self.do_recv_string(
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@
         w_pickled = space.call_method(
             w_picklemodule, "dumps", w_obj, w_protocol)
 
-        buf = space.bufferstr_w(w_pickled)
+        buf = space.str_w(w_pickled)
         self.do_send_string(space, buf, 0, len(buf))
 
     def recv(self, space):
diff --git a/pypy/module/_rawffi/array.py b/pypy/module/_rawffi/array.py
--- a/pypy/module/_rawffi/array.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_rawffi/array.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 
     def setslice(self, space, w_slice, w_value):
         start, stop = self.decodeslice(space, w_slice)
-        value = space.bufferstr_w(w_value)
+        value = space.str_w(w_value)
         if start + len(value) != stop:
             raise OperationError(space.w_ValueError,
                                  space.wrap("cannot resize array"))
diff --git a/pypy/module/_rawffi/buffer.py b/pypy/module/_rawffi/buffer.py
--- a/pypy/module/_rawffi/buffer.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_rawffi/buffer.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-from pypy.interpreter.buffer import RWBuffer
+from rpython.rlib.buffer import Buffer
 
 # XXX not the most efficient implementation
 
 
-class RawFFIBuffer(RWBuffer):
+class RawFFIBuffer(Buffer):
+    _immutable_ = True
 
     def __init__(self, datainstance):
         self.datainstance = datainstance
+        self.readonly = False
 
     def getlength(self):
         return self.datainstance.getrawsize()
diff --git a/pypy/module/_rawffi/interp_rawffi.py b/pypy/module/_rawffi/interp_rawffi.py
--- a/pypy/module/_rawffi/interp_rawffi.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_rawffi/interp_rawffi.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 from rpython.tool.sourcetools import func_with_new_name
 from rpython.rlib.rarithmetic import intmask, r_uint
+from pypy.module._rawffi.buffer import RawFFIBuffer
 from pypy.module._rawffi.tracker import tracker
 
 TYPEMAP = {
@@ -352,8 +353,13 @@
         lltype.free(self.ll_buffer, flavor='raw')
         self.ll_buffer = lltype.nullptr(rffi.VOIDP.TO)
 
-    def buffer_w(self, space):
-        from pypy.module._rawffi.buffer import RawFFIBuffer
+    def buffer_w(self, space, flags):
+        return RawFFIBuffer(self)
+
+    def readbuf_w(self, space):
+        return RawFFIBuffer(self)
+
+    def writebuf_w(self, space):
         return RawFFIBuffer(self)
 
     def getrawsize(self):
diff --git a/pypy/module/_rawffi/test/test__rawffi.py b/pypy/module/_rawffi/test/test__rawffi.py
--- a/pypy/module/_rawffi/test/test__rawffi.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_rawffi/test/test__rawffi.py
@@ -1100,6 +1100,12 @@
         assert a[3] == 'z'
         assert a[4] == 't'
 
+        b = memoryview(a)
+        assert len(b) == 10
+        assert b[3] == 'z'
+        b[3] = 'x'
+        assert b[3] == 'x'
+
     def test_union(self):
         import _rawffi
         longsize = _rawffi.sizeof('l')
diff --git a/pypy/module/_socket/interp_socket.py b/pypy/module/_socket/interp_socket.py
--- a/pypy/module/_socket/interp_socket.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_socket/interp_socket.py
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 
     @unwrap_spec(nbytes=int, flags=int)
     def recv_into_w(self, space, w_buffer, nbytes=0, flags=0):
-        rwbuffer = space.rwbuffer_w(w_buffer)
+        rwbuffer = space.getarg_w('w*', w_buffer)
         lgt = rwbuffer.getlength()
         if nbytes == 0 or nbytes > lgt:
             nbytes = lgt
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
 
     @unwrap_spec(nbytes=int, flags=int)
     def recvfrom_into_w(self, space, w_buffer, nbytes=0, flags=0):
-        rwbuffer = space.rwbuffer_w(w_buffer)
+        rwbuffer = space.getarg_w('w*', w_buffer)
         lgt = rwbuffer.getlength()
         if nbytes == 0 or nbytes > lgt:
             nbytes = lgt
diff --git a/pypy/module/_socket/test/test_sock_app.py b/pypy/module/_socket/test/test_sock_app.py
--- a/pypy/module/_socket/test/test_sock_app.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_socket/test/test_sock_app.py
@@ -545,8 +545,12 @@
             s.connect(("www.python.org", 80))
         except _socket.gaierror, ex:
             skip("GAIError - probably no connection: %s" % str(ex.args))
+        exc = raises(TypeError, s.send, None)
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be string or buffer, not None"
         assert s.send(buffer('')) == 0
         assert s.sendall(buffer('')) is None
+        assert s.send(memoryview('')) == 0
+        assert s.sendall(memoryview('')) is None
         assert s.send(u'') == 0
         assert s.sendall(u'') is None
         raises(UnicodeEncodeError, s.send, u'\xe9')
@@ -678,6 +682,13 @@
         msg = buf.tostring()[:len(MSG)]
         assert msg == MSG
 
+        conn.send(MSG)
+        buf = bytearray(1024)
+        nbytes = cli.recv_into(memoryview(buf))
+        assert nbytes == len(MSG)
+        msg = buf[:len(MSG)]
+        assert msg == MSG
+
     def test_recvfrom_into(self):
         import socket
         import array
@@ -693,6 +704,13 @@
         msg = buf.tostring()[:len(MSG)]
         assert msg == MSG
 
+        conn.send(MSG)
+        buf = bytearray(1024)
+        nbytes, addr = cli.recvfrom_into(memoryview(buf))
+        assert nbytes == len(MSG)
+        msg = buf[:len(MSG)]
+        assert msg == MSG
+
     def test_family(self):
         import socket
         cli = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
diff --git a/pypy/module/_sre/interp_sre.py b/pypy/module/_sre/interp_sre.py
--- a/pypy/module/_sre/interp_sre.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_sre/interp_sre.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
 def slice_w(space, ctx, start, end, w_default):
     if 0 <= start <= end:
-        if isinstance(ctx, rsre_core.StrMatchContext):
-            return space.wrap(ctx._string[start:end])
+        if isinstance(ctx, rsre_core.BufMatchContext):
+            return space.wrap(ctx._buffer.getslice(start, end, 1, end-start))
         elif isinstance(ctx, rsre_core.UnicodeMatchContext):
             return space.wrap(ctx._unicodestr[start:end])
         else:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
                              space.wrap("cannot copy this pattern object"))
 
     def make_ctx(self, w_string, pos=0, endpos=sys.maxint):
-        """Make a StrMatchContext or a UnicodeMatchContext for searching
+        """Make a BufMatchContext or a UnicodeMatchContext for searching
         in the given w_string object."""
         space = self.space
         if pos < 0:
@@ -114,12 +114,14 @@
             return rsre_core.UnicodeMatchContext(self.code, unicodestr,
                                                  pos, endpos, self.flags)
         else:
-            str = space.bufferstr_w(w_string)
-            if pos > len(str):
-                pos = len(str)
-            if endpos > len(str):
-                endpos = len(str)
-            return rsre_core.StrMatchContext(self.code, str,
+            buf = space.readbuf_w(w_string)
+            size = buf.getlength()
+            assert size >= 0
+            if pos > size:
+                pos = size
+            if endpos > size:
+                endpos = size
+            return rsre_core.BufMatchContext(self.code, buf,
                                              pos, endpos, self.flags)
 
     def getmatch(self, ctx, found):
@@ -477,8 +479,8 @@
 
     def fget_string(self, space):
         ctx = self.ctx
-        if isinstance(ctx, rsre_core.StrMatchContext):
-            return space.wrap(ctx._string)
+        if isinstance(ctx, rsre_core.BufMatchContext):
+            return space.wrap(ctx._buffer.as_str())
         elif isinstance(ctx, rsre_core.UnicodeMatchContext):
             return space.wrap(ctx._unicodestr)
         else:
diff --git a/pypy/module/_winreg/interp_winreg.py b/pypy/module/_winreg/interp_winreg.py
--- a/pypy/module/_winreg/interp_winreg.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_winreg/interp_winreg.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from pypy.interpreter.baseobjspace import W_Root
 from pypy.interpreter.gateway import interp2app, unwrap_spec
 from pypy.interpreter.typedef import TypeDef, GetSetProperty
-from pypy.interpreter.error import OperationError, wrap_windowserror
+from pypy.interpreter.error import OperationError, wrap_windowserror, oefmt
 from rpython.rtyper.lltypesystem import rffi, lltype
 from rpython.rlib import rwinreg, rwin32
 from rpython.rlib.rarithmetic import r_uint, intmask
@@ -327,7 +327,14 @@
             buf = lltype.malloc(rffi.CCHARP.TO, 1, flavor='raw')
             buf[0] = '\0'
         else:
-            value = space.bufferstr_w(w_value)
+            try:
+                value = w_value.readbuf_w(space)
+            except TypeError:
+                raise oefmt(space.w_TypeError,
+                            "Objects of type '%T' can not be used as binary "
+                            "registry values", w_value)
+            else:
+                value = value.as_str()
             buflen = len(value)
             buf = rffi.str2charp(value)
 
diff --git a/pypy/module/_winreg/test/test_winreg.py b/pypy/module/_winreg/test/test_winreg.py
--- a/pypy/module/_winreg/test/test_winreg.py
+++ b/pypy/module/_winreg/test/test_winreg.py
@@ -137,11 +137,15 @@
             assert 0, "Did not raise"
 
     def test_SetValueEx(self):
-        from _winreg import CreateKey, SetValueEx
+        from _winreg import CreateKey, SetValueEx, REG_BINARY
         key = CreateKey(self.root_key, self.test_key_name)
         sub_key = CreateKey(key, "sub_key")
         for name, value, type in self.test_data:
             SetValueEx(sub_key, name, 0, type, value)
+        exc = raises(TypeError, SetValueEx, sub_key, 'test_name', None,
+                                            REG_BINARY, memoryview('abc'))
+        assert str(exc.value) == ("Objects of type 'memoryview' can not "
+                                  "be used as binary registry values")
 
     def test_readValues(self):
         from _winreg import OpenKey, EnumValue, QueryValueEx, EnumKey
diff --git a/pypy/module/array/interp_array.py b/pypy/module/array/interp_array.py
--- a/pypy/module/array/interp_array.py
+++ b/pypy/module/array/interp_array.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import with_statement
 
 from rpython.rlib import jit
+from rpython.rlib.buffer import Buffer
 from rpython.rlib.objectmodel import keepalive_until_here
 from rpython.rlib.rarithmetic import ovfcheck, widen
 from rpython.rlib.unroll import unrolling_iterable
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
 from rpython.rtyper.lltypesystem.rstr import copy_string_to_raw
 
 from pypy.interpreter.baseobjspace import W_Root
-from pypy.interpreter.buffer import RWBuffer
 from pypy.interpreter.error import OperationError, oefmt
 from pypy.interpreter.gateway import (
     interp2app, interpindirect2app, unwrap_spec)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             if len(__args__.arguments_w) > 0:
                 w_initializer = __args__.arguments_w[0]
                 if space.type(w_initializer) is space.w_str:
-                    a.descr_fromstring(space, space.str_w(w_initializer))
+                    a.descr_fromstring(space, w_initializer)
                 elif space.type(w_initializer) is space.w_list:
                     a.descr_fromlist(space, w_initializer)
                 else:
@@ -132,8 +132,11 @@
         self.len = 0
         self.allocated = 0
 
-    def buffer_w(self, space):
-        return ArrayBuffer(self)
+    def readbuf_w(self, space):
+        return ArrayBuffer(self, True)
+
+    def writebuf_w(self, space):
+        return ArrayBuffer(self, False)
 
     def descr_append(self, space, w_x):
         """ append(x)
@@ -229,13 +232,13 @@
         self._charbuf_stop()
         return self.space.wrap(s)
 
-    @unwrap_spec(s=str)
-    def descr_fromstring(self, space, s):
+    def descr_fromstring(self, space, w_s):
         """ fromstring(string)
 
         Appends items from the string, interpreting it as an array of machine
         values,as if it had been read from a file using the fromfile() method).
         """
+        s = space.getarg_w('s#', w_s)
         if len(s) % self.itemsize != 0:
             msg = 'string length not a multiple of item size'
             raise OperationError(self.space.w_ValueError, self.space.wrap(msg))
@@ -267,10 +270,10 @@
             elems = max(0, len(item) - (len(item) % self.itemsize))
             if n != 0:
                 item = item[0:elems]
-            self.descr_fromstring(space, item)
+            self.descr_fromstring(space, space.wrap(item))
             msg = "not enough items in file"
             raise OperationError(space.w_EOFError, space.wrap(msg))
-        self.descr_fromstring(space, item)
+        self.descr_fromstring(space, w_item)
 
     @unwrap_spec(w_f=W_File)
     def descr_tofile(self, space, w_f):
@@ -583,9 +586,12 @@
     v.typecode = k
 unroll_typecodes = unrolling_iterable(types.keys())
 
-class ArrayBuffer(RWBuffer):
-    def __init__(self, array):
+class ArrayBuffer(Buffer):
+    _immutable_ = True
+
+    def __init__(self, array, readonly):
         self.array = array
+        self.readonly = readonly
 
     def getlength(self):
         return self.array.len * self.array.itemsize
diff --git a/pypy/module/array/test/test_array.py b/pypy/module/array/test/test_array.py
--- a/pypy/module/array/test/test_array.py
+++ b/pypy/module/array/test/test_array.py
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@
         a.fromstring('Hi!')
         assert a[0] == 'H' and a[1] == 'i' and a[2] == '!' and len(a) == 3
         a = self.array('c')
+        a.fromstring(buffer('xyz'))
+        exc = raises(TypeError, a.fromstring, memoryview('xyz'))
+        assert str(exc.value) == "must be string or read-only buffer, not memoryview"
+        assert a[0] == 'x' and a[1] == 'y' and a[2] == 'z' and len(a) == 3
+        a = self.array('c')
         a.fromstring('')
         assert not len(a)
 
@@ -421,12 +426,8 @@
     def test_buffer_write(self):
         a = self.array('c', 'hello')
         buf = buffer(a)
-        print repr(buf)
-        try:


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