[Python-Dev] Backport of bytearray type and io module

[Christian Heimes]

Hello!

I've successfully back ported the bytearray type and the io module from
3.0 to 2.6. The code is available in the branch trunk-bytearray [1]. I'm
down to four failing byte tests and one failing io test. The failing
byte tests are all related to pickling and subclassing.

I like to get the remaining tests fixed for the upcoming release in a
week. Please checkout the branch and help me figure out the remaining
issues.

Christian

[1]
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/trunk-bytearray