[issue6239] c_char_p return value returns string, not bytes

[Thomas Heller]

Thomas Heller <theller at ctypes.org> added the comment:

> I agree that the C type 'char' is a byte, not a character. So Python3
> should creates a Python bytes object for the ctypes "c_char_p" type.
> Since Python 3.1 is out, is it too late to change it in the 3.x branch?
> :-) Maybe for Python 3.2?

I think the current behaviour is clearly a bug, so I would apply
this patch to Python 3.1 as well.  Any comments?  Who will decide that?

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