[Python-3000] PEP3137: str8() and str() comparison

[Thomas Lee]

I just uploaded a patch with all my progress on str8/str comparisons here:

http://bugs.python.org/issue1263

I would really like some help from anybody knowledgeable with the 
following tests:

test_compile
test_str
test_struct
test_sqlite

As discussed in the issue tracker, these are all failing for various 
reasons: in all cases I'm not exactly sure how to progress.

The following are also failing for me, although this would appear to be 
unrelated to my patch:

test_doctest
test_email
test_nis
test_pty

Are these failing for anybody else?

Cheers,
Tom