Issue #6215: backport the 3.1 io lib
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+- Issue #6215: All bug fixes and enhancements from the Python 3.1 io library
+  (including the fast C implementation) have been backported to the standard
+  ``io`` module.
+
 - Issue #6258: Support AMD64 in bdist_msi.
 
 - Issue #5262: Fixed bug in next rollover time computation in