[Python-3000] Immutable bytes type and bsddb or other IO

[Greg Ewing]

Gregory P. Smith wrote:
> Wasn't a past mailing list thread claiming the bytes type was supposed
> to be great for IO?  How's that possible unless we add a lock to the
> bytesobject?

Doesn't the new buffer protocol provide something for
getting a locked view of the data? If so, it seems like
bytes should implement that.

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