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 Tests
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+- Issue #3699: Fix test_bigaddrspace and extend it to test bytestrings
+  as well as unicode strings.  Initial patch by Sandro Tosi.
+
 - Issue #9628: fix runtests.sh -x option so more than one test can be excluded.
 
 - Issue #9894: Do not hardcode ENOENT in test_subprocess.