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  r61750 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-22 20:47:44 +0100 (Sat, 22 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Copied files from py3k w/o modifications
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  r61752 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-22 20:53:20 +0100 (Sat, 22 Mar 2008) | 7 lines

  Take One
  * Added initialization code, warnings, flags etc. to the appropriate places
  * Added new buffer interface to string type
  * Modified tests
  * Modified Makefile.pre.in to compile the new files
  * Added bytesobject.c to Python.h
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  r61754 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-22 21:22:19 +0100 (Sat, 22 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Disabled bytearray.extend for now since it causes an infinite recursion
  Fixed serveral unit tests
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  r61756 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-22 21:43:38 +0100 (Sat, 22 Mar 2008) | 5 lines

  Added PyBytes support to several places:
  str + bytearray
  ord(bytearray)
  bytearray(str, encoding)
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  r61760 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-22 21:56:32 +0100 (Sat, 22 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Fixed more unit tests related to type('') is not unicode
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  r61763 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-22 22:20:28 +0100 (Sat, 22 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Fixed more unit tests
  Fixed bytearray.extend
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  r61768 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-22 22:40:50 +0100 (Sat, 22 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Implemented old buffer interface for bytearray
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  r61772 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-22 23:24:52 +0100 (Sat, 22 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Added backport of the io module
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  r61775 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-23 03:50:49 +0100 (Sun, 23 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Fix str assignement to bytearray. Assignment of a str of size 1 is interpreted as a single byte
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  r61805 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-23 19:33:48 +0100 (Sun, 23 Mar 2008) | 3 lines

  Fixed more tests
  Fixed bytearray() comparsion with unicode()
  Fixed iterator assignment of bytearray
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  r61809 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-23 21:02:21 +0100 (Sun, 23 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  str(bytesarray()) now returns the bytes and not the representation of the bytearray object
  Enabled and fixed more unit tests
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  r61812 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-23 21:53:08 +0100 (Sun, 23 Mar 2008) | 3 lines

  Clear error PyNumber_AsSsize_t() fails
  Use CHARMASK for ob_svall access
  disabled a test with memoryview again
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  r61819 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-23 23:05:57 +0100 (Sun, 23 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Untested updates to the PCBuild directory
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  r61917 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-26 00:57:06 +0100 (Wed, 26 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  The type system of Python 2.6 has subtle differences to 3.0's. I've removed the Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE flags from bytearray for now. bytearray can't be subclasses until the issues with bytearray subclasses are fixed.
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  r61920 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-26 01:44:08 +0100 (Wed, 26 Mar 2008) | 2 lines

  Disabled last failing test
  I don't understand what the test is testing and how it suppose to work. Ka-Ping, please check it out.
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  r61930 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-26 12:46:18 +0100 (Wed, 26 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Re-enabled bytes warning code
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  r61933 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-26 13:20:46 +0100 (Wed, 26 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Fixed a bug in the new buffer protocol. The buffer slots weren't copied into a subclass.
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  r61934 | christian.heimes | 2008-03-26 13:25:09 +0100 (Wed, 26 Mar 2008) | 1 line

  Re-enabled bytearray subclassing - all tests are passing.
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diff --git a/Include/Python.h b/Include/Python.h
index 763b144..a5e2853 100644
--- a/Include/Python.h
+++ b/Include/Python.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 #include "stringobject.h"
 /* #include "memoryobject.h" */
 #include "bufferobject.h"
+#include "bytesobject.h"
 #include "tupleobject.h"
 #include "listobject.h"
 #include "dictobject.h"
diff --git a/Include/bytes_methods.h b/Include/bytes_methods.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59873f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Include/bytes_methods.h
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#ifndef Py_BYTES_CTYPE_H
+#define Py_BYTES_CTYPE_H
+
+/*
+ * The internal implementation behind PyString (bytes) and PyBytes (buffer)
+ * methods of the given names, they operate on ASCII byte strings.
+ */
+extern PyObject* _Py_bytes_isspace(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len);
+extern PyObject* _Py_bytes_isalpha(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len);
+extern PyObject* _Py_bytes_isalnum(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len);
+extern PyObject* _Py_bytes_isdigit(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len);
+extern PyObject* _Py_bytes_islower(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len);
+extern PyObject* _Py_bytes_isupper(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len);
+extern PyObject* _Py_bytes_istitle(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len);
+
+/* These store their len sized answer in the given preallocated *result arg. */
+extern void _Py_bytes_lower(char *result, const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len);
+extern void _Py_bytes_upper(char *result, const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len);
+extern void _Py_bytes_title(char *result, char *s, Py_ssize_t len);
+extern void _Py_bytes_capitalize(char *result, char *s, Py_ssize_t len);
+extern void _Py_bytes_swapcase(char *result, char *s, Py_ssize_t len);
+
+/* Shared __doc__ strings. */
+extern const char _Py_isspace__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_isalpha__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_isalnum__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_isdigit__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_islower__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_isupper__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_istitle__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_lower__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_upper__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_title__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_capitalize__doc__[];
+extern const char _Py_swapcase__doc__[];
+
+#define FLAG_LOWER  0x01
+#define FLAG_UPPER  0x02
+#define FLAG_ALPHA  (FLAG_LOWER|FLAG_UPPER)
+#define FLAG_DIGIT  0x04
+#define FLAG_ALNUM  (FLAG_ALPHA|FLAG_DIGIT)
+#define FLAG_SPACE  0x08
+#define FLAG_XDIGIT 0x10
+
+extern const unsigned int _Py_ctype_table[256];
+
+#define ISLOWER(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_LOWER)
+#define ISUPPER(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_UPPER)
+#define ISALPHA(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_ALPHA)
+#define ISDIGIT(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_DIGIT)
+#define ISXDIGIT(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_XDIGIT)
+#define ISALNUM(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_ALNUM)
+#define ISSPACE(c) (_Py_ctype_table[Py_CHARMASK(c)] & FLAG_SPACE)
+
+#undef islower
+#define islower(c) undefined_islower(c)
+#undef isupper
+#define isupper(c) undefined_isupper(c)
+#undef isalpha
+#define isalpha(c) undefined_isalpha(c)
+#undef isdigit
+#define isdigit(c) undefined_isdigit(c)
+#undef isxdigit
+#define isxdigit(c) undefined_isxdigit(c)
+#undef isalnum
+#define isalnum(c) undefined_isalnum(c)
+#undef isspace
+#define isspace(c) undefined_isspace(c)
+
+extern const unsigned char _Py_ctype_tolower[256];
+extern const unsigned char _Py_ctype_toupper[256];
+
+#define TOLOWER(c) (_Py_ctype_tolower[Py_CHARMASK(c)])
+#define TOUPPER(c) (_Py_ctype_toupper[Py_CHARMASK(c)])
+
+#undef tolower
+#define tolower(c) undefined_tolower(c)
+#undef toupper
+#define toupper(c) undefined_toupper(c)
+
+/* this is needed because some docs are shared from the .o, not static */
+#define PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(name,str) const char name[] = PyDoc_STR(str)
+
+#endif /* !Py_BYTES_CTYPE_H */
diff --git a/Include/bytesobject.h b/Include/bytesobject.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49d1d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Include/bytesobject.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* Bytes object interface */
+
+#ifndef Py_BYTESOBJECT_H
+#define Py_BYTESOBJECT_H
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+/* Type PyBytesObject represents a mutable array of bytes.
+ * The Python API is that of a sequence;
+ * the bytes are mapped to ints in [0, 256).
+ * Bytes are not characters; they may be used to encode characters.
+ * The only way to go between bytes and str/unicode is via encoding
+ * and decoding.
+ * For the convenience of C programmers, the bytes type is considered
+ * to contain a char pointer, not an unsigned char pointer.
+ */
+
+/* Object layout */
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_VAR_HEAD
+    /* XXX(nnorwitz): should ob_exports be Py_ssize_t? */
+    int ob_exports; /* how many buffer exports */
+    Py_ssize_t ob_alloc; /* How many bytes allocated */
+    char *ob_bytes;
+} PyBytesObject;
+
+/* Type object */
+PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyBytes_Type;
+PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyBytesIter_Type;
+
+/* Type check macros */
+#define PyBytes_Check(self) PyObject_TypeCheck(self, &PyBytes_Type)
+#define PyBytes_CheckExact(self) (Py_TYPE(self) == &PyBytes_Type)
+
+/* Direct API functions */
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyBytes_FromObject(PyObject *);
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyBytes_Concat(PyObject *, PyObject *);
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(const char *, Py_ssize_t);
+PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) PyBytes_Size(PyObject *);
+PyAPI_FUNC(char *) PyBytes_AsString(PyObject *);
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyBytes_Resize(PyObject *, Py_ssize_t);
+
+/* Macros, trading safety for speed */
+#define PyBytes_AS_STRING(self) (assert(PyBytes_Check(self)),((PyBytesObject *)(self))->ob_bytes)
+#define PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self)  (assert(PyBytes_Check(self)),Py_SIZE(self))
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif /* !Py_BYTESOBJECT_H */
diff --git a/Include/pydebug.h b/Include/pydebug.h
index 1d24853..1174f0c 100644
--- a/Include/pydebug.h
+++ b/Include/pydebug.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 PyAPI_DATA(int) Py_InspectFlag;
 PyAPI_DATA(int) Py_OptimizeFlag;
 PyAPI_DATA(int) Py_NoSiteFlag;
+PyAPI_DATA(int) Py_BytesWarningFlag;
 PyAPI_DATA(int) Py_UseClassExceptionsFlag;
 PyAPI_DATA(int) Py_FrozenFlag;
 PyAPI_DATA(int) Py_TabcheckFlag;
diff --git a/Include/pyerrors.h b/Include/pyerrors.h
index 9c2bc67..b687733 100644
--- a/Include/pyerrors.h
+++ b/Include/pyerrors.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
 PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) PyExc_FutureWarning;
 PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) PyExc_ImportWarning;
 PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) PyExc_UnicodeWarning;
+PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) PyExc_BytesWarning;
 
 
 /* Convenience functions */
diff --git a/Include/pythonrun.h b/Include/pythonrun.h
index f2105b8..a4dd914 100644
--- a/Include/pythonrun.h
+++ b/Include/pythonrun.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyFrame_Init(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyInt_Init(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyFloat_Init(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyBytes_Init(void);
 
 /* Various internal finalizers */
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyExc_Fini(void);
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyInt_Fini(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyFloat_Fini(void);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyOS_FiniInterrupts(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyBytes_Fini(void);
 
 /* Stuff with no proper home (yet) */
 PyAPI_FUNC(char *) PyOS_Readline(FILE *, FILE *, char *);
diff --git a/Lib/codecs.py b/Lib/codecs.py
index f834b8d..557ccf7 100644
--- a/Lib/codecs.py
+++ b/Lib/codecs.py
@@ -181,6 +181,18 @@
         Resets the encoder to the initial state.
         """
 
+    def getstate(self):
+        """
+        Return the current state of the encoder.
+        """
+        return 0
+
+    def setstate(self, state):
+        """
+        Set the current state of the encoder. state must have been
+        returned by getstate().
+        """
+
 class BufferedIncrementalEncoder(IncrementalEncoder):
     """
     This subclass of IncrementalEncoder can be used as the baseclass for an
@@ -208,6 +220,12 @@
         IncrementalEncoder.reset(self)
         self.buffer = ""
 
+    def getstate(self):
+        return self.buffer or 0
+
+    def setstate(self, state):
+        self.buffer = state or ""
+
 class IncrementalDecoder(object):
     """
     An IncrementalDecoder decodes an input in multiple steps. The input can be
@@ -235,6 +253,28 @@
         Resets the decoder to the initial state.
         """
 
+    def getstate(self):
+        """
+        Return the current state of the decoder.
+
+        This must be a (buffered_input, additional_state_info) tuple.
+        buffered_input must be a bytes object containing bytes that
+        were passed to decode() that have not yet been converted.
+        additional_state_info must be a non-negative integer
+        representing the state of the decoder WITHOUT yet having
+        processed the contents of buffered_input.  In the initial state
+        and after reset(), getstate() must return (b"", 0).
+        """
+        return (b"", 0)
+
+    def setstate(self, state):
+        """
+        Set the current state of the decoder.
+
+        state must have been returned by getstate().  The effect of
+        setstate((b"", 0)) must be equivalent to reset().
+        """
+
 class BufferedIncrementalDecoder(IncrementalDecoder):
     """
     This subclass of IncrementalDecoder can be used as the baseclass for an
@@ -262,6 +302,14 @@
         IncrementalDecoder.reset(self)
         self.buffer = ""
 
+    def getstate(self):
+        # additional state info is always 0
+        return (self.buffer, 0)
+
+    def setstate(self, state):
+        # ignore additional state info
+        self.buffer = state[0]
+
 #
 # The StreamWriter and StreamReader class provide generic working
 # interfaces which can be used to implement new encoding submodules
diff --git a/Lib/io.py b/Lib/io.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..334b34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/io.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1601 @@
+"""New I/O library conforming to PEP 3116.
+
+This is a prototype; hopefully eventually some of this will be
+reimplemented in C.
+
+Conformance of alternative implementations: all arguments are intended
+to be positional-only except the arguments of the open() function.
+Argument names except those of the open() function are not part of the
+specification.  Instance variables and methods whose name starts with
+a leading underscore are not part of the specification (except "magic"
+names like __iter__).  Only the top-level names listed in the __all__
+variable are part of the specification.
+
+XXX edge cases when switching between reading/writing
+XXX need to support 1 meaning line-buffered
+XXX whenever an argument is None, use the default value
+XXX read/write ops should check readable/writable
+XXX buffered readinto should work with arbitrary buffer objects
+XXX use incremental encoder for text output, at least for UTF-16 and UTF-8-SIG
+XXX check writable, readable and seekable in appropriate places
+"""
+
+__author__ = ("Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>, "
+              "Mike Verdone <mike.verdone@gmail.com>, "
+              "Mark Russell <mark.russell@zen.co.uk>")
+
+__all__ = ["BlockingIOError", "open", "IOBase", "RawIOBase", "FileIO",
+           "BytesIO", "StringIO", "BufferedIOBase",
+           "BufferedReader", "BufferedWriter", "BufferedRWPair",
+           "BufferedRandom", "TextIOBase", "TextIOWrapper"]
+
+import os
+import abc
+import sys
+import codecs
+import _fileio
+import warnings
+
+# open() uses st_blksize whenever we can
+DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 8 * 1024  # bytes
+
+# py3k has only new style classes
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+class BlockingIOError(IOError):
+
+    """Exception raised when I/O would block on a non-blocking I/O stream."""
+
+    def __init__(self, errno, strerror, characters_written=0):
+        IOError.__init__(self, errno, strerror)
+        self.characters_written = characters_written
+
+
+def open(file, mode="r", buffering=None, encoding=None, errors=None,
+         newline=None, closefd=True):
+    r"""Replacement for the built-in open function.
+
+    Args:
+      file: string giving the name of the file to be opened;
+            or integer file descriptor of the file to be wrapped (*).
+      mode: optional mode string; see below.
+      buffering: optional int >= 0 giving the buffer size; values
+                 can be: 0 = unbuffered, 1 = line buffered,
+                 larger = fully buffered.
+      encoding: optional string giving the text encoding.
+      errors: optional string giving the encoding error handling.
+      newline: optional newlines specifier; must be None, '', '\n', '\r'
+               or '\r\n'; all other values are illegal.  It controls the
+               handling of line endings.  It works as follows:
+
+        * On input, if `newline` is `None`, universal newlines
+          mode is enabled.  Lines in the input can end in `'\n'`,
+          `'\r'`, or `'\r\n'`, and these are translated into
+          `'\n'` before being returned to the caller.  If it is
+          `''`, universal newline mode is enabled, but line endings
+          are returned to the caller untranslated.  If it has any of
+          the other legal values, input lines are only terminated by
+          the given string, and the line ending is returned to the
+          caller untranslated.
+
+        * On output, if `newline` is `None`, any `'\n'`
+          characters written are translated to the system default
+          line separator, `os.linesep`.  If `newline` is `''`,
+          no translation takes place.  If `newline` is any of the
+          other legal values, any `'\n'` characters written are
+          translated to the given string.
+
+      closefd: optional argument to keep the underlying file descriptor
+               open when the file is closed.  It must not be false when
+               a filename is given.
+
+    (*) If a file descriptor is given, it is closed when the returned
+    I/O object is closed, unless closefd=False is given.
+
+    Mode strings characters:
+      'r': open for reading (default)
+      'w': open for writing, truncating the file first
+      'a': open for writing, appending to the end if the file exists
+      'b': binary mode
+      't': text mode (default)
+      '+': open a disk file for updating (implies reading and writing)
+      'U': universal newline mode (for backwards compatibility)
+
+    Constraints:
+      - encoding or errors must not be given when a binary mode is given
+      - buffering must not be zero when a text mode is given
+
+    Returns:
+      Depending on the mode and buffering arguments, either a raw
+      binary stream, a buffered binary stream, or a buffered text
+      stream, open for reading and/or writing.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(file, (str, unicode, int)):
+        raise TypeError("invalid file: %r" % file)
+    if not isinstance(mode, str):
+        raise TypeError("invalid mode: %r" % mode)
+    if buffering is not None and not isinstance(buffering, int):
+        raise TypeError("invalid buffering: %r" % buffering)
+    if encoding is not None and not isinstance(encoding, str):
+        raise TypeError("invalid encoding: %r" % encoding)
+    if errors is not None and not isinstance(errors, str):
+        raise TypeError("invalid errors: %r" % errors)
+    modes = set(mode)
+    if modes - set("arwb+tU") or len(mode) > len(modes):
+        raise ValueError("invalid mode: %r" % mode)
+    reading = "r" in modes
+    writing = "w" in modes
+    appending = "a" in modes
+    updating = "+" in modes
+    text = "t" in modes
+    binary = "b" in modes
+    if "U" in modes:
+        if writing or appending:
+            raise ValueError("can't use U and writing mode at once")
+        reading = True
+    if text and binary:
+        raise ValueError("can't have text and binary mode at once")
+    if reading + writing + appending > 1:
+        raise ValueError("can't have read/write/append mode at once")
+    if not (reading or writing or appending):
+        raise ValueError("must have exactly one of read/write/append mode")
+    if binary and encoding is not None:
+        raise ValueError("binary mode doesn't take an encoding argument")
+    if binary and errors is not None:
+        raise ValueError("binary mode doesn't take an errors argument")
+    if binary and newline is not None:
+        raise ValueError("binary mode doesn't take a newline argument")
+    raw = FileIO(file,
+                 (reading and "r" or "") +
+                 (writing and "w" or "") +
+                 (appending and "a" or "") +
+                 (updating and "+" or ""),
+                 closefd)
+    if buffering is None:
+        buffering = -1
+    line_buffering = False
+    if buffering == 1 or buffering < 0 and raw.isatty():
+        buffering = -1
+        line_buffering = True
+    if buffering < 0:
+        buffering = DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE
+        try:
+            bs = os.fstat(raw.fileno()).st_blksize
+        except (os.error, AttributeError):
+            pass
+        else:
+            if bs > 1:
+                buffering = bs
+    if buffering < 0:
+        raise ValueError("invalid buffering size")
+    if buffering == 0:
+        if binary:
+            raw._name = file
+            raw._mode = mode
+            return raw
+        raise ValueError("can't have unbuffered text I/O")
+    if updating:
+        buffer = BufferedRandom(raw, buffering)
+    elif writing or appending:
+        buffer = BufferedWriter(raw, buffering)
+    elif reading:
+        buffer = BufferedReader(raw, buffering)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("unknown mode: %r" % mode)
+    if binary:
+        buffer.name = file
+        buffer.mode = mode
+        return buffer
+    text = TextIOWrapper(buffer, encoding, errors, newline, line_buffering)
+    text.name = file
+    text.mode = mode
+    return text
+
+class _DocDescriptor:
+    """Helper for builtins.open.__doc__
+    """
+    def __get__(self, obj, typ):
+        return (
+            "open(file, mode='r', buffering=None, encoding=None, "
+                 "errors=None, newline=None, closefd=True)\n\n" +
+            open.__doc__)
+
+class OpenWrapper:
+    """Wrapper for builtins.open
+
+    Trick so that open won't become a bound method when stored
+    as a class variable (as dumbdbm does).
+
+    See initstdio() in Python/pythonrun.c.
+    """
+    __doc__ = _DocDescriptor()
+
+    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        return open(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class UnsupportedOperation(ValueError, IOError):
+    pass
+
+
+class IOBase(object):
+
+    """Base class for all I/O classes.
+
+    This class provides dummy implementations for many methods that
+    derived classes can override selectively; the default
+    implementations represent a file that cannot be read, written or
+    seeked.
+
+    This does not define read(), readinto() and write(), nor
+    readline() and friends, since their signatures vary per layer.
+
+    Not that calling any method (even inquiries) on a closed file is
+    undefined.  Implementations may raise IOError in this case.
+    """
+
+    __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
+
+    ### Internal ###
+
+    def _unsupported(self, name):
+        """Internal: raise an exception for unsupported operations."""
+        raise UnsupportedOperation("%s.%s() not supported" %
+                                   (self.__class__.__name__, name))
+
+    ### Positioning ###
+
+    def seek(self, pos, whence = 0):
+        """seek(pos: int, whence: int = 0) -> int.  Change stream position.
+
+        Seek to byte offset pos relative to position indicated by whence:
+             0  Start of stream (the default).  pos should be >= 0;
+             1  Current position - whence may be negative;
+             2  End of stream - whence usually negative.
+        Returns the new absolute position.
+        """
+        self._unsupported("seek")
+
+    def tell(self):
+        """tell() -> int.  Return current stream position."""
+        return self.seek(0, 1)
+
+    def truncate(self, pos = None):
+        """truncate(size: int = None) -> int. Truncate file to size bytes.
+
+        Size defaults to the current IO position as reported by tell().
+        Returns the new size.
+        """
+        self._unsupported("truncate")
+
+    ### Flush and close ###
+
+    def flush(self):
+        """flush() -> None.  Flushes write buffers, if applicable.
+
+        This is a no-op for read-only and non-blocking streams.
+        """
+        # XXX Should this return the number of bytes written???
+
+    __closed = False
+
+    def close(self):
+        """close() -> None.  Flushes and closes the IO object.
+
+        This must be idempotent.  It should also set a flag for the
+        'closed' property (see below) to test.
+        """
+        if not self.__closed:
+            try:
+                self.flush()
+            except IOError:
+                pass  # If flush() fails, just give up
+            self.__closed = True
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        """Destructor.  Calls close()."""
+        # The try/except block is in case this is called at program
+        # exit time, when it's possible that globals have already been
+        # deleted, and then the close() call might fail.  Since
+        # there's nothing we can do about such failures and they annoy
+        # the end users, we suppress the traceback.
+        try:
+            self.close()
+        except:
+            pass
+
+    ### Inquiries ###
+
+    def seekable(self):
+        """seekable() -> bool.  Return whether object supports random access.
+
+        If False, seek(), tell() and truncate() will raise IOError.
+        This method may need to do a test seek().
+        """
+        return False
+
+    def _checkSeekable(self, msg=None):
+        """Internal: raise an IOError if file is not seekable
+        """
+        if not self.seekable():
+            raise IOError("File or stream is not seekable."
+                          if msg is None else msg)
+
+
+    def readable(self):
+        """readable() -> bool.  Return whether object was opened for reading.
+
+        If False, read() will raise IOError.
+        """
+        return False
+
+    def _checkReadable(self, msg=None):
+        """Internal: raise an IOError if file is not readable
+        """
+        if not self.readable():
+            raise IOError("File or stream is not readable."
+                          if msg is None else msg)
+
+    def writable(self):
+        """writable() -> bool.  Return whether object was opened for writing.
+
+        If False, write() and truncate() will raise IOError.
+        """
+        return False
+
+    def _checkWritable(self, msg=None):
+        """Internal: raise an IOError if file is not writable
+        """
+        if not self.writable():
+            raise IOError("File or stream is not writable."
+                          if msg is None else msg)
+
+    @property
+    def closed(self):
+        """closed: bool.  True iff the file has been closed.
+
+        For backwards compatibility, this is a property, not a predicate.
+        """
+        return self.__closed
+
+    def _checkClosed(self, msg=None):
+        """Internal: raise an ValueError if file is closed
+        """
+        if self.closed:
+            raise ValueError("I/O operation on closed file."
+                             if msg is None else msg)
+
+    ### Context manager ###
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        """Context management protocol.  Returns self."""
+        self._checkClosed()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, *args):
+        """Context management protocol.  Calls close()"""
+        self.close()
+
+    ### Lower-level APIs ###
+
+    # XXX Should these be present even if unimplemented?
+
+    def fileno(self):
+        """fileno() -> int.  Returns underlying file descriptor if one exists.
+
+        Raises IOError if the IO object does not use a file descriptor.
+        """
+        self._unsupported("fileno")
+
+    def isatty(self):
+        """isatty() -> int.  Returns whether this is an 'interactive' stream.
+
+        Returns False if we don't know.
+        """
+        self._checkClosed()
+        return False
+
+    ### Readline[s] and writelines ###
+
+    def readline(self, limit = -1):
+        """For backwards compatibility, a (slowish) readline()."""
+        if hasattr(self, "peek"):
+            def nreadahead():
+                readahead = self.peek(1)
+                if not readahead:
+                    return 1
+                n = (readahead.find(b"\n") + 1) or len(readahead)
+                if limit >= 0:
+                    n = min(n, limit)
+                return n
+        else:
+            def nreadahead():
+                return 1
+        if limit is None:
+            limit = -1
+        res = bytearray()
+        while limit < 0 or len(res) < limit:
+            b = self.read(nreadahead())
+            if not b:
+                break
+            res += b
+            if res.endswith(b"\n"):
+                break
+        return bytes(res)
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        self._checkClosed()
+        return self
+
+    def next(self):
+        line = self.readline()
+        if not line:
+            raise StopIteration
+        return line
+
+    def readlines(self, hint=None):
+        if hint is None:
+            return list(self)
+        n = 0
+        lines = []
+        for line in self:
+            lines.append(line)
+            n += len(line)
+            if n >= hint:
+                break
+        return lines
+
+    def writelines(self, lines):
+        self._checkClosed()
+        for line in lines:
+            self.write(line)
+
+
+class RawIOBase(IOBase):
+
+    """Base class for raw binary I/O.
+
+    The read() method is implemented by calling readinto(); derived
+    classes that want to support read() only need to implement
+    readinto() as a primitive operation.  In general, readinto()
+    can be more efficient than read().
+
+    (It would be tempting to also provide an implementation of
+    readinto() in terms of read(), in case the latter is a more
+    suitable primitive operation, but that would lead to nasty
+    recursion in case a subclass doesn't implement either.)
+    """
+
+    def read(self, n = -1):
+        """read(n: int) -> bytes.  Read and return up to n bytes.
+
+        Returns an empty bytes array on EOF, or None if the object is
+        set not to block and has no data to read.
+        """
+        if n is None:
+            n = -1
+        if n < 0:
+            return self.readall()
+        b = bytearray(n.__index__())
+        n = self.readinto(b)
+        del b[n:]
+        return bytes(b)
+
+    def readall(self):
+        """readall() -> bytes.  Read until EOF, using multiple read() call."""
+        res = bytearray()
+        while True:
+            data = self.read(DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE)
+            if not data:
+                break
+            res += data
+        return bytes(res)
+
+    def readinto(self, b):
+        """readinto(b: bytes) -> int.  Read up to len(b) bytes into b.
+
+        Returns number of bytes read (0 for EOF), or None if the object
+        is set not to block as has no data to read.
+        """
+        self._unsupported("readinto")
+
+    def write(self, b):
+        """write(b: bytes) -> int.  Write the given buffer to the IO stream.
+
+        Returns the number of bytes written, which may be less than len(b).
+        """
+        self._unsupported("write")
+
+
+class FileIO(_fileio._FileIO, RawIOBase):
+
+    """Raw I/O implementation for OS files.
+
+    This multiply inherits from _FileIO and RawIOBase to make
+    isinstance(io.FileIO(), io.RawIOBase) return True without
+    requiring that _fileio._FileIO inherits from io.RawIOBase (which
+    would be hard to do since _fileio.c is written in C).
+    """
+
+    def close(self):
+        _fileio._FileIO.close(self)
+        RawIOBase.close(self)
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return self._name
+
+    @property
+    def mode(self):
+        return self._mode
+
+
+class BufferedIOBase(IOBase):
+
+    """Base class for buffered IO objects.
+
+    The main difference with RawIOBase is that the read() method
+    supports omitting the size argument, and does not have a default
+    implementation that defers to readinto().
+
+    In addition, read(), readinto() and write() may raise
+    BlockingIOError if the underlying raw stream is in non-blocking
+    mode and not ready; unlike their raw counterparts, they will never
+    return None.
+
+    A typical implementation should not inherit from a RawIOBase
+    implementation, but wrap one.
+    """
+
+    def read(self, n = None):
+        """read(n: int = None) -> bytes.  Read and return up to n bytes.
+
+        If the argument is omitted, None, or negative, reads and
+        returns all data until EOF.
+
+        If the argument is positive, and the underlying raw stream is
+        not 'interactive', multiple raw reads may be issued to satisfy
+        the byte count (unless EOF is reached first).  But for
+        interactive raw streams (XXX and for pipes?), at most one raw
+        read will be issued, and a short result does not imply that
+        EOF is imminent.
+
+        Returns an empty bytes array on EOF.
+
+        Raises BlockingIOError if the underlying raw stream has no
+        data at the moment.
+        """
+        self._unsupported("read")
+
+    def readinto(self, b):
+        """readinto(b: bytes) -> int.  Read up to len(b) bytes into b.
+
+        Like read(), this may issue multiple reads to the underlying
+        raw stream, unless the latter is 'interactive' (XXX or a
+        pipe?).
+
+        Returns the number of bytes read (0 for EOF).
+
+        Raises BlockingIOError if the underlying raw stream has no
+        data at the moment.
+        """
+        # XXX This ought to work with anything that supports the buffer API
+        data = self.read(len(b))
+        n = len(data)
+        try:
+            b[:n] = data
+        except TypeError as err:
+            import array
+            if not isinstance(b, array.array):
+                raise err
+            b[:n] = array.array('b', data)
+        return n
+
+    def write(self, b):
+        """write(b: bytes) -> int.  Write the given buffer to the IO stream.
+
+        Returns the number of bytes written, which is never less than
+        len(b).
+
+        Raises BlockingIOError if the buffer is full and the
+        underlying raw stream cannot accept more data at the moment.
+        """
+        self._unsupported("write")
+
+
+class _BufferedIOMixin(BufferedIOBase):
+
+    """A mixin implementation of BufferedIOBase with an underlying raw stream.
+
+    This passes most requests on to the underlying raw stream.  It
+    does *not* provide implementations of read(), readinto() or
+    write().
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, raw):
+        self.raw = raw
+
+    ### Positioning ###
+
+    def seek(self, pos, whence=0):
+        return self.raw.seek(pos, whence)
+
+    def tell(self):
+        return self.raw.tell()
+
+    def truncate(self, pos=None):
+        # Flush the stream.  We're mixing buffered I/O with lower-level I/O,
+        # and a flush may be necessary to synch both views of the current
+        # file state.
+        self.flush()
+
+        if pos is None:
+            pos = self.tell()
+        return self.raw.truncate(pos)
+
+    ### Flush and close ###
+
+    def flush(self):
+        self.raw.flush()
+
+    def close(self):
+        if not self.closed:
+            try:
+                self.flush()
+            except IOError:
+                pass  # If flush() fails, just give up
+            self.raw.close()
+
+    ### Inquiries ###
+
+    def seekable(self):
+        return self.raw.seekable()
+
+    def readable(self):
+        return self.raw.readable()
+
+    def writable(self):
+        return self.raw.writable()
+
+    @property
+    def closed(self):
+        return self.raw.closed
+
+    ### Lower-level APIs ###
+
+    def fileno(self):
+        return self.raw.fileno()
+
+    def isatty(self):
+        return self.raw.isatty()
+
+
+class BytesIO(BufferedIOBase):
+
+    """Buffered I/O implementation using an in-memory bytes buffer."""
+
+    # XXX More docs
+
+    def __init__(self, initial_bytes=None):
+        buf = bytearray()
+        if initial_bytes is not None:
+            buf += initial_bytes
+        self._buffer = buf
+        self._pos = 0
+
+    def getvalue(self):
+        return bytes(self._buffer)
+
+    def read(self, n=None):
+        if n is None:
+            n = -1
+        if n < 0:
+            n = len(self._buffer)
+        newpos = min(len(self._buffer), self._pos + n)
+        b = self._buffer[self._pos : newpos]
+        self._pos = newpos
+        return bytes(b)
+
+    def read1(self, n):
+        return self.read(n)
+
+    def write(self, b):
+        if self.closed:
+            raise ValueError("write to closed file")
+        if isinstance(b, unicode):
+            raise TypeError("can't write unicode to binary stream")
+        n = len(b)
+        newpos = self._pos + n
+        if newpos > len(self._buffer):
+            # Inserts null bytes between the current end of the file
+            # and the new write position.
+            padding = b'\x00' * (newpos - len(self._buffer) - n)
+            self._buffer[self._pos:newpos - n] = padding
+        self._buffer[self._pos:newpos] = b
+        self._pos = newpos
+        return n
+
+    def seek(self, pos, whence=0):
+        try:
+            pos = pos.__index__()
+        except AttributeError as err:
+            raise TypeError("an integer is required") # from err
+        if whence == 0:
+            self._pos = max(0, pos)
+        elif whence == 1:
+            self._pos = max(0, self._pos + pos)
+        elif whence == 2:
+            self._pos = max(0, len(self._buffer) + pos)
+        else:
+            raise IOError("invalid whence value")
+        return self._pos
+
+    def tell(self):
+        return self._pos
+
+    def truncate(self, pos=None):
+        if pos is None:
+            pos = self._pos
+        del self._buffer[pos:]
+        return pos
+
+    def readable(self):
+        return True
+
+    def writable(self):
+        return True
+
+    def seekable(self):
+        return True
+
+
+class BufferedReader(_BufferedIOMixin):
+
+    """Buffer for a readable sequential RawIO object."""
+
+    def __init__(self, raw, buffer_size=DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE):
+        """Create a new buffered reader using the given readable raw IO object.
+        """
+        raw._checkReadable()
+        _BufferedIOMixin.__init__(self, raw)
+        self._read_buf = b""
+        self.buffer_size = buffer_size
+
+    def read(self, n=None):
+        """Read n bytes.
+
+        Returns exactly n bytes of data unless the underlying raw IO
+        stream reaches EOF or if the call would block in non-blocking
+        mode. If n is negative, read until EOF or until read() would
+        block.
+        """
+        if n is None:
+            n = -1
+        nodata_val = b""
+        while n < 0 or len(self._read_buf) < n:
+            to_read = max(self.buffer_size,
+                          n if n is not None else 2*len(self._read_buf))
+            current = self.raw.read(to_read)
+            if current in (b"", None):
+                nodata_val = current
+                break
+            self._read_buf += current
+        if self._read_buf:
+            if n < 0:
+                n = len(self._read_buf)
+            out = self._read_buf[:n]
+            self._read_buf = self._read_buf[n:]
+        else:
+            out = nodata_val
+        return out
+
+    def peek(self, n=0):
+        """Returns buffered bytes without advancing the position.
+
+        The argument indicates a desired minimal number of bytes; we
+        do at most one raw read to satisfy it.  We never return more
+        than self.buffer_size.
+        """
+        want = min(n, self.buffer_size)
+        have = len(self._read_buf)
+        if have < want:
+            to_read = self.buffer_size - have
+            current = self.raw.read(to_read)
+            if current:
+                self._read_buf += current
+        return self._read_buf
+
+    def read1(self, n):
+        """Reads up to n bytes, with at most one read() system call.
+
+        Returns up to n bytes.  If at least one byte is buffered, we
+        only return buffered bytes.  Otherwise, we do one raw read.
+        """
+        if n <= 0:
+            return b""
+        self.peek(1)
+        return self.read(min(n, len(self._read_buf)))
+
+    def tell(self):
+        return self.raw.tell() - len(self._read_buf)
+
+    def seek(self, pos, whence=0):
+        if whence == 1:
+            pos -= len(self._read_buf)
+        pos = self.raw.seek(pos, whence)
+        self._read_buf = b""
+        return pos
+
+
+class BufferedWriter(_BufferedIOMixin):
+
+    # XXX docstring
+
+    def __init__(self, raw,
+                 buffer_size=DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, max_buffer_size=None):
+        raw._checkWritable()
+        _BufferedIOMixin.__init__(self, raw)
+        self.buffer_size = buffer_size
+        self.max_buffer_size = (2*buffer_size
+                                if max_buffer_size is None
+                                else max_buffer_size)
+        self._write_buf = bytearray()
+
+    def write(self, b):
+        if self.closed:
+            raise ValueError("write to closed file")
+        if isinstance(b, unicode):
+            raise TypeError("can't write unicode to binary stream")
+        # XXX we can implement some more tricks to try and avoid partial writes
+        if len(self._write_buf) > self.buffer_size:
+            # We're full, so let's pre-flush the buffer
+            try:
+                self.flush()
+            except BlockingIOError as e:
+                # We can't accept anything else.
+                # XXX Why not just let the exception pass through?
+                raise BlockingIOError(e.errno, e.strerror, 0)
+        before = len(self._write_buf)
+        self._write_buf.extend(b)
+        written = len(self._write_buf) - before
+        if len(self._write_buf) > self.buffer_size:
+            try:
+                self.flush()
+            except BlockingIOError as e:
+                if (len(self._write_buf) > self.max_buffer_size):
+                    # We've hit max_buffer_size. We have to accept a partial
+                    # write and cut back our buffer.
+                    overage = len(self._write_buf) - self.max_buffer_size
+                    self._write_buf = self._write_buf[:self.max_buffer_size]
+                    raise BlockingIOError(e.errno, e.strerror, overage)
+        return written
+
+    def flush(self):
+        if self.closed:
+            raise ValueError("flush of closed file")
+        written = 0
+        try:
+            while self._write_buf:
+                n = self.raw.write(self._write_buf)
+                del self._write_buf[:n]
+                written += n
+        except BlockingIOError as e:
+            n = e.characters_written
+            del self._write_buf[:n]
+            written += n
+            raise BlockingIOError(e.errno, e.strerror, written)
+
+    def tell(self):
+        return self.raw.tell() + len(self._write_buf)
+
+    def seek(self, pos, whence=0):
+        self.flush()
+        return self.raw.seek(pos, whence)
+
+
+class BufferedRWPair(BufferedIOBase):
+
+    """A buffered reader and writer object together.
+
+    A buffered reader object and buffered writer object put together
+    to form a sequential IO object that can read and write.
+
+    This is typically used with a socket or two-way pipe.
+
+    XXX The usefulness of this (compared to having two separate IO
+    objects) is questionable.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, reader, writer,
+                 buffer_size=DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, max_buffer_size=None):
+        """Constructor.
+
+        The arguments are two RawIO instances.
+        """
+        reader._checkReadable()
+        writer._checkWritable()
+        self.reader = BufferedReader(reader, buffer_size)
+        self.writer = BufferedWriter(writer, buffer_size, max_buffer_size)
+
+    def read(self, n=None):
+        if n is None:
+            n = -1
+        return self.reader.read(n)
+
+    def readinto(self, b):
+        return self.reader.readinto(b)
+
+    def write(self, b):
+        return self.writer.write(b)
+
+    def peek(self, n=0):
+        return self.reader.peek(n)
+
+    def read1(self, n):
+        return self.reader.read1(n)
+
+    def readable(self):
+        return self.reader.readable()
+
+    def writable(self):
+        return self.writer.writable()
+
+    def flush(self):
+        return self.writer.flush()
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.writer.close()
+        self.reader.close()
+
+    def isatty(self):
+        return self.reader.isatty() or self.writer.isatty()
+
+    @property
+    def closed(self):
+        return self.writer.closed()
+
+
+class BufferedRandom(BufferedWriter, BufferedReader):
+
+    # XXX docstring
+
+    def __init__(self, raw,
+                 buffer_size=DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE, max_buffer_size=None):
+        raw._checkSeekable()
+        BufferedReader.__init__(self, raw, buffer_size)
+        BufferedWriter.__init__(self, raw, buffer_size, max_buffer_size)
+
+    def seek(self, pos, whence=0):
+        self.flush()
+        # First do the raw seek, then empty the read buffer, so that
+        # if the raw seek fails, we don't lose buffered data forever.
+        pos = self.raw.seek(pos, whence)
+        self._read_buf = b""
+        return pos
+
+    def tell(self):
+        if (self._write_buf):
+            return self.raw.tell() + len(self._write_buf)
+        else:
+            return self.raw.tell() - len(self._read_buf)
+
+    def read(self, n=None):
+        if n is None:
+            n = -1
+        self.flush()
+        return BufferedReader.read(self, n)
+
+    def readinto(self, b):
+        self.flush()
+        return BufferedReader.readinto(self, b)
+
+    def peek(self, n=0):
+        self.flush()
+        return BufferedReader.peek(self, n)
+
+    def read1(self, n):
+        self.flush()
+        return BufferedReader.read1(self, n)
+
+    def write(self, b):
+        if self._read_buf:
+            self.raw.seek(-len(self._read_buf), 1) # Undo readahead
+            self._read_buf = b""
+        return BufferedWriter.write(self, b)
+
+
+class TextIOBase(IOBase):
+
+    """Base class for text I/O.
+
+    This class provides a character and line based interface to stream I/O.
+
+    There is no readinto() method, as character strings are immutable.
+    """
+
+    def read(self, n = -1):
+        """read(n: int = -1) -> unicode.  Read at most n characters from stream.
+
+        Read from underlying buffer until we have n characters or we hit EOF.
+        If n is negative or omitted, read until EOF.
+        """
+        self._unsupported("read")
+
+    def write(self, s):
+        """write(s: unicode) -> int.  Write string s to stream."""
+        self._unsupported("write")
+
+    def truncate(self, pos = None):
+        """truncate(pos: int = None) -> int.  Truncate size to pos."""
+        self.flush()
+        if pos is None:
+            pos = self.tell()
+        self.seek(pos)
+        return self.buffer.truncate()
+
+    def readline(self):
+        """readline() -> unicode.  Read until newline or EOF.
+
+        Returns an empty string if EOF is hit immediately.
+        """
+        self._unsupported("readline")
+
+    @property
+    def encoding(self):
+        """Subclasses should override."""
+        return None
+
+    @property
+    def newlines(self):
+        """newlines -> None | unicode | tuple of unicode. Line endings translated
+        so far.
+
+        Only line endings translated during reading are considered.
+
+        Subclasses should override.
+        """
+        return None
+
+
+class IncrementalNewlineDecoder(codecs.IncrementalDecoder):
+    """Codec used when reading a file in universal newlines mode.
+    It wraps another incremental decoder, translating \\r\\n and \\r into \\n.
+    It also records the types of newlines encountered.
+    When used with translate=False, it ensures that the newline sequence is
+    returned in one piece.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, decoder, translate, errors='strict'):
+        codecs.IncrementalDecoder.__init__(self, errors=errors)
+        self.buffer = b''
+        self.translate = translate
+        self.decoder = decoder
+        self.seennl = 0
+
+    def decode(self, input, final=False):
+        # decode input (with the eventual \r from a previous pass)
+        if self.buffer:
+            input = self.buffer + input
+
+        output = self.decoder.decode(input, final=final)
+
+        # retain last \r even when not translating data:
+        # then readline() is sure to get \r\n in one pass
+        if output.endswith("\r") and not final:
+            output = output[:-1]
+            self.buffer = b'\r'
+        else:
+            self.buffer = b''
+
+        # Record which newlines are read
+        crlf = output.count('\r\n')
+        cr = output.count('\r') - crlf
+        lf = output.count('\n') - crlf
+        self.seennl |= (lf and self._LF) | (cr and self._CR) \
+                    | (crlf and self._CRLF)
+
+        if self.translate:
+            if crlf:
+                output = output.replace("\r\n", "\n")
+            if cr:
+                output = output.replace("\r", "\n")
+
+        return output
+
+    def getstate(self):
+        buf, flag = self.decoder.getstate()
+        return buf + self.buffer, flag
+
+    def setstate(self, state):
+        buf, flag = state
+        if buf.endswith(b'\r'):
+            self.buffer = b'\r'
+            buf = buf[:-1]
+        else:
+            self.buffer = b''
+        self.decoder.setstate((buf, flag))
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.seennl = 0
+        self.buffer = b''
+        self.decoder.reset()
+
+    _LF = 1
+    _CR = 2
+    _CRLF = 4
+
+    @property
+    def newlines(self):
+        return (None,
+                "\n",
+                "\r",
+                ("\r", "\n"),
+                "\r\n",
+                ("\n", "\r\n"),
+                ("\r", "\r\n"),
+                ("\r", "\n", "\r\n")
+               )[self.seennl]
+
+
+class TextIOWrapper(TextIOBase):
+
+    """Buffered text stream.
+
+    Character and line based layer over a BufferedIOBase object.
+    """
+
+    _CHUNK_SIZE = 128
+
+    def __init__(self, buffer, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None,
+                 line_buffering=False):
+        if newline not in (None, "", "\n", "\r", "\r\n"):
+            raise ValueError("illegal newline value: %r" % (newline,))
+        if encoding is None:
+            try:
+                encoding = os.device_encoding(buffer.fileno())
+            except (AttributeError, UnsupportedOperation):
+                pass
+            if encoding is None:
+                try:
+                    import locale
+                except ImportError:
+                    # Importing locale may fail if Python is being built
+                    encoding = "ascii"
+                else:
+                    encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+
+        if not isinstance(encoding, str):
+            raise ValueError("invalid encoding: %r" % encoding)
+
+        if errors is None:
+            errors = "strict"
+        else:
+            if not isinstance(errors, str):
+                raise ValueError("invalid errors: %r" % errors)
+
+        self.buffer = buffer
+        self._line_buffering = line_buffering
+        self._encoding = encoding
+        self._errors = errors
+        self._readuniversal = not newline
+        self._readtranslate = newline is None
+        self._readnl = newline
+        self._writetranslate = newline != ''
+        self._writenl = newline or os.linesep
+        self._encoder = None
+        self._decoder = None
+        self._decoded_chars = ''  # buffer for text returned from decoder
+        self._decoded_chars_used = 0  # offset into _decoded_chars for read()
+        self._snapshot = None  # info for reconstructing decoder state
+        self._seekable = self._telling = self.buffer.seekable()
+
+    # self._snapshot is either None, or a tuple (dec_flags, next_input)
+    # where dec_flags is the second (integer) item of the decoder state
+    # and next_input is the chunk of input bytes that comes next after the
+    # snapshot point.  We use this to reconstruct decoder states in tell().
+
+    # Naming convention:
+    #   - "bytes_..." for integer variables that count input bytes
+    #   - "chars_..." for integer variables that count decoded characters
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<TIOW %x>' % id(self)
+
+    @property
+    def encoding(self):
+        return self._encoding
+
+    @property
+    def errors(self):
+        return self._errors
+
+    @property
+    def line_buffering(self):
+        return self._line_buffering
+
+    def seekable(self):
+        return self._seekable
+
+    def flush(self):
+        self.buffer.flush()
+        self._telling = self._seekable
+
+    def close(self):
+        try:
+            self.flush()
+        except:
+            pass  # If flush() fails, just give up
+        self.buffer.close()
+
+    @property
+    def closed(self):
+        return self.buffer.closed
+
+    def fileno(self):
+        return self.buffer.fileno()
+
+    def isatty(self):
+        return self.buffer.isatty()
+
+    def write(self, s):
+        if self.closed:
+            raise ValueError("write to closed file")
+        if not isinstance(s, unicode):
+            raise TypeError("can't write %s to text stream" %
+                            s.__class__.__name__)
+        length = len(s)
+        haslf = (self._writetranslate or self._line_buffering) and "\n" in s
+        if haslf and self._writetranslate and self._writenl != "\n":
+            s = s.replace("\n", self._writenl)
+        encoder = self._encoder or self._get_encoder()
+        # XXX What if we were just reading?
+        b = encoder.encode(s)
+        self.buffer.write(b)
+        if self._line_buffering and (haslf or "\r" in s):
+            self.flush()
+        self._snapshot = None
+        if self._decoder:
+            self._decoder.reset()
+        return length
+
+    def _get_encoder(self):
+        make_encoder = codecs.getincrementalencoder(self._encoding)
+        self._encoder = make_encoder(self._errors)
+        return self._encoder
+
+    def _get_decoder(self):
+        make_decoder = codecs.getincrementaldecoder(self._encoding)
+        decoder = make_decoder(self._errors)
+        if self._readuniversal:
+            decoder = IncrementalNewlineDecoder(decoder, self._readtranslate)
+        self._decoder = decoder
+        return decoder
+
+    # The following three methods implement an ADT for _decoded_chars.
+    # Text returned from the decoder is buffered here until the client
+    # requests it by calling our read() or readline() method.
+    def _set_decoded_chars(self, chars):
+        """Set the _decoded_chars buffer."""
+        self._decoded_chars = chars
+        self._decoded_chars_used = 0
+
+    def _get_decoded_chars(self, n=None):
+        """Advance into the _decoded_chars buffer."""
+        offset = self._decoded_chars_used
+        if n is None:
+            chars = self._decoded_chars[offset:]
+        else:
+            chars = self._decoded_chars[offset:offset + n]
+        self._decoded_chars_used += len(chars)
+        return chars
+
+    def _rewind_decoded_chars(self, n):
+        """Rewind the _decoded_chars buffer."""
+        if self._decoded_chars_used < n:
+            raise AssertionError("rewind decoded_chars out of bounds")
+        self._decoded_chars_used -= n
+
+    def _read_chunk(self):
+        """
+        Read and decode the next chunk of data from the BufferedReader.
+
+        The return value is True unless EOF was reached.  The decoded string
+        is placed in self._decoded_chars (replacing its previous value).
+        The entire input chunk is sent to the decoder, though some of it
+        may remain buffered in the decoder, yet to be converted.
+        """
+
+        if self._decoder is None:
+            raise ValueError("no decoder")
+
+        if self._telling:
+            # To prepare for tell(), we need to snapshot a point in the
+            # file where the decoder's input buffer is empty.
+
+            dec_buffer, dec_flags = self._decoder.getstate()
+            # Given this, we know there was a valid snapshot point
+            # len(dec_buffer) bytes ago with decoder state (b'', dec_flags).
+
+        # Read a chunk, decode it, and put the result in self._decoded_chars.
+        input_chunk = self.buffer.read1(self._CHUNK_SIZE)
+        eof = not input_chunk
+        self._set_decoded_chars(self._decoder.decode(input_chunk, eof))
+
+        if self._telling:
+            # At the snapshot point, len(dec_buffer) bytes before the read,
+            # the next input to be decoded is dec_buffer + input_chunk.
+            self._snapshot = (dec_flags, dec_buffer + input_chunk)
+
+        return not eof
+
+    def _pack_cookie(self, position, dec_flags=0,
+                           bytes_to_feed=0, need_eof=0, chars_to_skip=0):
+        # The meaning of a tell() cookie is: seek to position, set the
+        # decoder flags to dec_flags, read bytes_to_feed bytes, feed them
+        # into the decoder with need_eof as the EOF flag, then skip
+        # chars_to_skip characters of the decoded result.  For most simple
+        # decoders, tell() will often just give a byte offset in the file.
+        return (position | (dec_flags<<64) | (bytes_to_feed<<128) |
+               (chars_to_skip<<192) | bool(need_eof)<<256)
+
+    def _unpack_cookie(self, bigint):
+        rest, position = divmod(bigint, 1<<64)
+        rest, dec_flags = divmod(rest, 1<<64)
+        rest, bytes_to_feed = divmod(rest, 1<<64)
+        need_eof, chars_to_skip = divmod(rest, 1<<64)
+        return position, dec_flags, bytes_to_feed, need_eof, chars_to_skip
+
+    def tell(self):
+        if not self._seekable:
+            raise IOError("underlying stream is not seekable")
+        if not self._telling:
+            raise IOError("telling position disabled by next() call")
+        self.flush()
+        position = self.buffer.tell()
+        decoder = self._decoder
+        if decoder is None or self._snapshot is None:
+            if self._decoded_chars:
+                # This should never happen.
+                raise AssertionError("pending decoded text")
+            return position
+
+        # Skip backward to the snapshot point (see _read_chunk).
+        dec_flags, next_input = self._snapshot
+        position -= len(next_input)
+
+        # How many decoded characters have been used up since the snapshot?
+        chars_to_skip = self._decoded_chars_used
+        if chars_to_skip == 0:
+            # We haven't moved from the snapshot point.
+            return self._pack_cookie(position, dec_flags)
+
+        # Starting from the snapshot position, we will walk the decoder
+        # forward until it gives us enough decoded characters.
+        saved_state = decoder.getstate()
+        try:
+            # Note our initial start point.
+            decoder.setstate((b'', dec_flags))
+            start_pos = position
+            start_flags, bytes_fed, chars_decoded = dec_flags, 0, 0
+            need_eof = 0
+
+            # Feed the decoder one byte at a time.  As we go, note the
+            # nearest "safe start point" before the current location
+            # (a point where the decoder has nothing buffered, so seek()
+            # can safely start from there and advance to this location).
+            next_byte = bytearray(1)
+            for next_byte[0] in next_input:
+                bytes_fed += 1
+                chars_decoded += len(decoder.decode(next_byte))
+                dec_buffer, dec_flags = decoder.getstate()
+                if not dec_buffer and chars_decoded <= chars_to_skip:
+                    # Decoder buffer is empty, so this is a safe start point.
+                    start_pos += bytes_fed
+                    chars_to_skip -= chars_decoded
+                    start_flags, bytes_fed, chars_decoded = dec_flags, 0, 0
+                if chars_decoded >= chars_to_skip:
+                    break
+            else:
+                # We didn't get enough decoded data; signal EOF to get more.
+                chars_decoded += len(decoder.decode(b'', final=True))
+                need_eof = 1
+                if chars_decoded < chars_to_skip:
+                    raise IOError("can't reconstruct logical file position")
+
+            # The returned cookie corresponds to the last safe start point.
+            return self._pack_cookie(
+                start_pos, start_flags, bytes_fed, need_eof, chars_to_skip)
+        finally:
+            decoder.setstate(saved_state)
+
+    def seek(self, cookie, whence=0):
+        if not self._seekable:
+            raise IOError("underlying stream is not seekable")
+        if whence == 1: # seek relative to current position
+            if cookie != 0:
+                raise IOError("can't do nonzero cur-relative seeks")
+            # Seeking to the current position should attempt to
+            # sync the underlying buffer with the current position.
+            whence = 0
+            cookie = self.tell()
+        if whence == 2: # seek relative to end of file
+            if cookie != 0:
+                raise IOError("can't do nonzero end-relative seeks")
+            self.flush()
+            position = self.buffer.seek(0, 2)
+            self._set_decoded_chars('')
+            self._snapshot = None
+            if self._decoder:
+                self._decoder.reset()
+            return position
+        if whence != 0:
+            raise ValueError("invalid whence (%r, should be 0, 1 or 2)" %
+                             (whence,))
+        if cookie < 0:
+            raise ValueError("negative seek position %r" % (cookie,))
+        self.flush()
+
+        # The strategy of seek() is to go back to the safe start point
+        # and replay the effect of read(chars_to_skip) from there.
+        start_pos, dec_flags, bytes_to_feed, need_eof, chars_to_skip = \
+            self._unpack_cookie(cookie)
+
+        # Seek back to the safe start point.
+        self.buffer.seek(start_pos)
+        self._set_decoded_chars('')
+        self._snapshot = None
+
+        # Restore the decoder to its state from the safe start point.
+        if self._decoder or dec_flags or chars_to_skip:
+            self._decoder = self._decoder or self._get_decoder()
+            self._decoder.setstate((b'', dec_flags))
+            self._snapshot = (dec_flags, b'')
+
+        if chars_to_skip:
+            # Just like _read_chunk, feed the decoder and save a snapshot.
+            input_chunk = self.buffer.read(bytes_to_feed)
+            self._set_decoded_chars(
+                self._decoder.decode(input_chunk, need_eof))
+            self._snapshot = (dec_flags, input_chunk)
+
+            # Skip chars_to_skip of the decoded characters.
+            if len(self._decoded_chars) < chars_to_skip:
+                raise IOError("can't restore logical file position")
+            self._decoded_chars_used = chars_to_skip
+
+        return cookie
+
+    def read(self, n=None):
+        if n is None:
+            n = -1
+        decoder = self._decoder or self._get_decoder()
+        if n < 0:
+            # Read everything.
+            result = (self._get_decoded_chars() +
+                      decoder.decode(self.buffer.read(), final=True))
+            self._set_decoded_chars('')
+            self._snapshot = None
+            return result
+        else:
+            # Keep reading chunks until we have n characters to return.
+            eof = False
+            result = self._get_decoded_chars(n)
+            while len(result) < n and not eof:
+                eof = not self._read_chunk()
+                result += self._get_decoded_chars(n - len(result))
+            return result
+
+    def next(self):
+        self._telling = False
+        line = self.readline()
+        if not line:
+            self._snapshot = None
+            self._telling = self._seekable
+            raise StopIteration
+        return line
+
+    def readline(self, limit=None):
+        if limit is None:
+            limit = -1
+
+        # Grab all the decoded text (we will rewind any extra bits later).
+        line = self._get_decoded_chars()
+
+        start = 0
+        decoder = self._decoder or self._get_decoder()
+
+        pos = endpos = None
+        while True:
+            if self._readtranslate:
+                # Newlines are already translated, only search for \n
+                pos = line.find('\n', start)
+                if pos >= 0:
+                    endpos = pos + 1
+                    break
+                else:
+                    start = len(line)
+
+            elif self._readuniversal:
+                # Universal newline search. Find any of \r, \r\n, \n
+                # The decoder ensures that \r\n are not split in two pieces
+
+                # In C we'd look for these in parallel of course.
+                nlpos = line.find("\n", start)
+                crpos = line.find("\r", start)
+                if crpos == -1:
+                    if nlpos == -1:
+                        # Nothing found
+                        start = len(line)
+                    else:
+                        # Found \n
+                        endpos = nlpos + 1
+                        break
+                elif nlpos == -1:
+                    # Found lone \r
+                    endpos = crpos + 1
+                    break
+                elif nlpos < crpos:
+                    # Found \n
+                    endpos = nlpos + 1
+                    break
+                elif nlpos == crpos + 1:
+                    # Found \r\n
+                    endpos = crpos + 2
+                    break
+                else:
+                    # Found \r
+                    endpos = crpos + 1
+                    break
+            else:
+                # non-universal
+                pos = line.find(self._readnl)
+                if pos >= 0:
+                    endpos = pos + len(self._readnl)
+                    break
+
+            if limit >= 0 and len(line) >= limit:
+                endpos = limit  # reached length limit
+                break
+
+            # No line ending seen yet - get more data
+            more_line = ''
+            while self._read_chunk():
+                if self._decoded_chars:
+                    break
+            if self._decoded_chars:
+                line += self._get_decoded_chars()
+            else:
+                # end of file
+                self._set_decoded_chars('')
+                self._snapshot = None
+                return line
+
+        if limit >= 0 and endpos > limit:
+            endpos = limit  # don't exceed limit
+
+        # Rewind _decoded_chars to just after the line ending we found.
+        self._rewind_decoded_chars(len(line) - endpos)
+        return line[:endpos]
+
+    @property
+    def newlines(self):
+        return self._decoder.newlines if self._decoder else None
+
+class StringIO(TextIOWrapper):
+
+    # XXX This is really slow, but fully functional
+
+    def __init__(self, initial_value="", encoding="utf-8",
+                 errors="strict", newline="\n"):
+        super(StringIO, self).__init__(BytesIO(),
+                                       encoding=encoding,
+                                       errors=errors,
+                                       newline=newline)
+        if initial_value:
+            if not isinstance(initial_value, unicode):
+                initial_value = unicode(initial_value)
+            self.write(initial_value)
+            self.seek(0)
+
+    def getvalue(self):
+        self.flush()
+        return self.buffer.getvalue().decode(self._encoding, self._errors)
diff --git a/Lib/test/buffer_tests.py b/Lib/test/buffer_tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db27759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/buffer_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+# Tests that work for both bytes and buffer objects.
+# See PEP 3137.
+
+import struct
+import sys
+
+class MixinBytesBufferCommonTests(object):
+    """Tests that work for both bytes and buffer objects.
+    See PEP 3137.
+    """
+
+    def marshal(self, x):
+        """Convert x into the appropriate type for these tests."""
+        raise RuntimeError('test class must provide a marshal method')
+
+    def test_islower(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'').islower())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'a').islower())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'A').islower())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'\n').islower())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'abc').islower())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'aBc').islower())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'abc\n').islower())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').islower, 42)
+
+    def test_isupper(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'').isupper())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'a').isupper())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'A').isupper())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'\n').isupper())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'ABC').isupper())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'AbC').isupper())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'ABC\n').isupper())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').isupper, 42)
+
+    def test_istitle(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'').istitle())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'a').istitle())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'A').istitle())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'\n').istitle())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'A Titlecased Line').istitle())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'A\nTitlecased Line').istitle())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'A Titlecased, Line').istitle())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'Not a capitalized String').istitle())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'Not\ta Titlecase String').istitle())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'Not--a Titlecase String').istitle())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'NOT').istitle())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').istitle, 42)
+
+    def test_isspace(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'').isspace())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'a').isspace())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b' ').isspace())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'\t').isspace())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'\r').isspace())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'\n').isspace())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b' \t\r\n').isspace())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b' \t\r\na').isspace())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').isspace, 42)
+
+    def test_isalpha(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'').isalpha())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'a').isalpha())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'A').isalpha())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'\n').isalpha())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'abc').isalpha())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'aBc123').isalpha())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'abc\n').isalpha())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').isalpha, 42)
+
+    def test_isalnum(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'').isalnum())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'a').isalnum())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'A').isalnum())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'\n').isalnum())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'123abc456').isalnum())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'a1b3c').isalnum())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'aBc000 ').isalnum())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'abc\n').isalnum())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').isalnum, 42)
+
+    def test_isdigit(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'').isdigit())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'a').isdigit())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'0').isdigit())
+        self.assert_(self.marshal(b'0123456789').isdigit())
+        self.assertFalse(self.marshal(b'0123456789a').isdigit())
+
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').isdigit, 42)
+
+    def test_lower(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b'hello', self.marshal(b'HeLLo').lower())
+        self.assertEqual(b'hello', self.marshal(b'hello').lower())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'hello').lower, 42)
+
+    def test_upper(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b'HELLO', self.marshal(b'HeLLo').upper())
+        self.assertEqual(b'HELLO', self.marshal(b'HELLO').upper())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'hello').upper, 42)
+
+    def test_capitalize(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b' hello ', self.marshal(b' hello ').capitalize())
+        self.assertEqual(b'Hello ', self.marshal(b'Hello ').capitalize())
+        self.assertEqual(b'Hello ', self.marshal(b'hello ').capitalize())
+        self.assertEqual(b'Aaaa', self.marshal(b'aaaa').capitalize())
+        self.assertEqual(b'Aaaa', self.marshal(b'AaAa').capitalize())
+
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'hello').capitalize, 42)
+
+    def test_ljust(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc       ', self.marshal(b'abc').ljust(10))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc   ', self.marshal(b'abc').ljust(6))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc', self.marshal(b'abc').ljust(3))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc', self.marshal(b'abc').ljust(2))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc*******', self.marshal(b'abc').ljust(10, '*'))
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').ljust)
+
+    def test_rjust(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b'       abc', self.marshal(b'abc').rjust(10))
+        self.assertEqual(b'   abc', self.marshal(b'abc').rjust(6))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc', self.marshal(b'abc').rjust(3))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc', self.marshal(b'abc').rjust(2))
+        self.assertEqual(b'*******abc', self.marshal(b'abc').rjust(10, '*'))
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').rjust)
+
+    def test_center(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b'   abc    ', self.marshal(b'abc').center(10))
+        self.assertEqual(b' abc  ', self.marshal(b'abc').center(6))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc', self.marshal(b'abc').center(3))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc', self.marshal(b'abc').center(2))
+        self.assertEqual(b'***abc****', self.marshal(b'abc').center(10, '*'))
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').center)
+
+    def test_swapcase(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b'hEllO CoMPuTErS',
+            self.marshal(b'HeLLo cOmpUteRs').swapcase())
+
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'hello').swapcase, 42)
+
+    def test_zfill(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b'123', self.marshal(b'123').zfill(2))
+        self.assertEqual(b'123', self.marshal(b'123').zfill(3))
+        self.assertEqual(b'0123', self.marshal(b'123').zfill(4))
+        self.assertEqual(b'+123', self.marshal(b'+123').zfill(3))
+        self.assertEqual(b'+123', self.marshal(b'+123').zfill(4))
+        self.assertEqual(b'+0123', self.marshal(b'+123').zfill(5))
+        self.assertEqual(b'-123', self.marshal(b'-123').zfill(3))
+        self.assertEqual(b'-123', self.marshal(b'-123').zfill(4))
+        self.assertEqual(b'-0123', self.marshal(b'-123').zfill(5))
+        self.assertEqual(b'000', self.marshal(b'').zfill(3))
+        self.assertEqual(b'34', self.marshal(b'34').zfill(1))
+        self.assertEqual(b'0034', self.marshal(b'34').zfill(4))
+
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'123').zfill)
+
+    def test_expandtabs(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc\rab      def\ng       hi',
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\rab\tdef\ng\thi').expandtabs())
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc\rab      def\ng       hi',
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\rab\tdef\ng\thi').expandtabs(8))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc\rab  def\ng   hi',
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\rab\tdef\ng\thi').expandtabs(4))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc\r\nab  def\ng   hi',
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\r\nab\tdef\ng\thi').expandtabs(4))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc\rab      def\ng       hi',
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\rab\tdef\ng\thi').expandtabs())
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc\rab      def\ng       hi',
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\rab\tdef\ng\thi').expandtabs(8))
+        self.assertEqual(b'abc\r\nab\r\ndef\ng\r\nhi',
+            self.marshal(b'abc\r\nab\r\ndef\ng\r\nhi').expandtabs(4))
+        self.assertEqual(b'  a\n b', self.marshal(b' \ta\n\tb').expandtabs(1))
+
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'hello').expandtabs, 42, 42)
+        # This test is only valid when sizeof(int) == sizeof(void*) == 4.
+        if sys.maxint < (1 << 32) and struct.calcsize('P') == 4:
+            self.assertRaises(OverflowError,
+                              self.marshal(b'\ta\n\tb').expandtabs, sys.maxint)
+
+    def test_title(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b' Hello ', self.marshal(b' hello ').title())
+        self.assertEqual(b'Hello ', self.marshal(b'hello ').title())
+        self.assertEqual(b'Hello ', self.marshal(b'Hello ').title())
+        self.assertEqual(b'Format This As Title String',
+                         self.marshal(b'fOrMaT thIs aS titLe String').title())
+        self.assertEqual(b'Format,This-As*Title;String',
+                         self.marshal(b'fOrMaT,thIs-aS*titLe;String').title())
+        self.assertEqual(b'Getint', self.marshal(b'getInt').title())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'hello').title, 42)
+
+    def test_splitlines(self):
+        self.assertEqual([b'abc', b'def', b'', b'ghi'],
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\ndef\n\rghi').splitlines())
+        self.assertEqual([b'abc', b'def', b'', b'ghi'],
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\ndef\n\r\nghi').splitlines())
+        self.assertEqual([b'abc', b'def', b'ghi'],
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\ndef\r\nghi').splitlines())
+        self.assertEqual([b'abc', b'def', b'ghi'],
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\ndef\r\nghi\n').splitlines())
+        self.assertEqual([b'abc', b'def', b'ghi', b''],
+                         self.marshal(b'abc\ndef\r\nghi\n\r').splitlines())
+        self.assertEqual([b'', b'abc', b'def', b'ghi', b''],
+                         self.marshal(b'\nabc\ndef\r\nghi\n\r').splitlines())
+        self.assertEqual([b'\n', b'abc\n', b'def\r\n', b'ghi\n', b'\r'],
+                         self.marshal(b'\nabc\ndef\r\nghi\n\r').splitlines(1))
+
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.marshal(b'abc').splitlines, 42, 42)
diff --git a/Lib/test/exception_hierarchy.txt b/Lib/test/exception_hierarchy.txt
index 1be5ce0..064e8ca 100644
--- a/Lib/test/exception_hierarchy.txt
+++ b/Lib/test/exception_hierarchy.txt
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@
            +-- FutureWarning
 	   +-- ImportWarning
 	   +-- UnicodeWarning
+	   +-- BytesWarning
diff --git a/Lib/test/string_tests.py b/Lib/test/string_tests.py
index 4e2b37e..3590b8e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/string_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/string_tests.py
@@ -486,8 +486,9 @@
                  'lstrip', unicode('xyz', 'ascii'))
             self.checkequal(unicode('xyzzyhello', 'ascii'), 'xyzzyhelloxyzzy',
                  'rstrip', unicode('xyz', 'ascii'))
-            self.checkequal(unicode('hello', 'ascii'), 'hello',
-                 'strip', unicode('xyz', 'ascii'))
+            # XXX
+            #self.checkequal(unicode('hello', 'ascii'), 'hello',
+            #     'strip', unicode('xyz', 'ascii'))
 
         self.checkraises(TypeError, 'hello', 'strip', 42, 42)
         self.checkraises(TypeError, 'hello', 'lstrip', 42, 42)
@@ -727,6 +728,9 @@
 
         self.checkraises(TypeError, '123', 'zfill')
 
+# XXX alias for py3k forward compatibility
+BaseTest = CommonTest
+
 class MixinStrUnicodeUserStringTest:
     # additional tests that only work for
     # stringlike objects, i.e. str, unicode, UserString
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2d5b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,982 @@
+"""Unit tests for the bytes and bytearray types.
+
+XXX This is a mess.  Common tests should be moved to buffer_tests.py,
+which itself ought to be unified with string_tests.py (and the latter
+should be modernized).
+"""
+
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import copy
+import pickle
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+import warnings
+import test.test_support
+import test.string_tests
+import test.buffer_tests
+
+
+class BaseBytesTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.warning_filters = warnings.filters[:]
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        warnings.filters = self.warning_filters
+
+    def test_basics(self):
+        b = self.type2test()
+        self.assertEqual(type(b), self.type2test)
+        self.assertEqual(b.__class__, self.type2test)
+
+    def test_empty_sequence(self):
+        b = self.type2test()
+        self.assertEqual(len(b), 0)
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[0])
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[1])
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[sys.maxint])
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[sys.maxint+1])
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[10**100])
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[-1])
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[-2])
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[-sys.maxint])
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[-sys.maxint-1])
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[-sys.maxint-2])
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b[-10**100])
+
+    def test_from_list(self):
+        ints = list(range(256))
+        b = self.type2test(i for i in ints)
+        self.assertEqual(len(b), 256)
+        self.assertEqual(list(b), ints)
+
+    def test_from_index(self):
+        class C:
+            def __init__(self, i=0):
+                self.i = i
+            def __index__(self):
+                return self.i
+        b = self.type2test([C(), C(1), C(254), C(255)])
+        self.assertEqual(list(b), [0, 1, 254, 255])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, bytearray, [C(-1)])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, bytearray, [C(256)])
+
+    def test_from_ssize(self):
+        self.assertEqual(bytearray(0), b'')
+        self.assertEqual(bytearray(1), b'\x00')
+        self.assertEqual(bytearray(5), b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, bytearray, -1)
+
+        self.assertEqual(bytearray('0', 'ascii'), b'0')
+        self.assertEqual(bytearray(b'0'), b'0')
+
+    def test_constructor_type_errors(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test, 0.0)
+        class C:
+            pass
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test, ["0"])
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test, [0.0])
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test, [None])
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test, [C()])
+
+    def test_constructor_value_errors(self):
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [-1])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [-sys.maxint])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [-sys.maxint-1])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [-sys.maxint-2])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [-10**100])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [256])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [257])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [sys.maxint])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [sys.maxint+1])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test, [10**100])
+
+    def test_compare(self):
+        b1 = self.type2test([1, 2, 3])
+        b2 = self.type2test([1, 2, 3])
+        b3 = self.type2test([1, 3])
+
+        self.assertEqual(b1, b2)
+        self.failUnless(b2 != b3)
+        self.failUnless(b1 <= b2)
+        self.failUnless(b1 <= b3)
+        self.failUnless(b1 <  b3)
+        self.failUnless(b1 >= b2)
+        self.failUnless(b3 >= b2)
+        self.failUnless(b3 >  b2)
+
+        self.failIf(b1 != b2)
+        self.failIf(b2 == b3)
+        self.failIf(b1 >  b2)
+        self.failIf(b1 >  b3)
+        self.failIf(b1 >= b3)
+        self.failIf(b1 <  b2)
+        self.failIf(b3 <  b2)
+        self.failIf(b3 <= b2)
+
+    def test_compare_to_str(self):
+        warnings.simplefilter('ignore', BytesWarning)
+        # Byte comparisons with unicode should always fail!
+        # Test this for all expected byte orders and Unicode character sizes
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b"\0a\0b\0c") == u"abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b"\0\0\0a\0\0\0b\0\0\0c") == u"abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b"a\0b\0c\0") == u"abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b"a\0\0\0b\0\0\0c\0\0\0") == u"abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test() == unicode(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test() != unicode(), True)
+
+    def test_reversed(self):
+        input = list(map(ord, "Hello"))
+        b = self.type2test(input)
+        output = list(reversed(b))
+        input.reverse()
+        self.assertEqual(output, input)
+
+    def test_getslice(self):
+        def by(s):
+            return self.type2test(map(ord, s))
+        b = by("Hello, world")
+
+        self.assertEqual(b[:5], by("Hello"))
+        self.assertEqual(b[1:5], by("ello"))
+        self.assertEqual(b[5:7], by(", "))
+        self.assertEqual(b[7:], by("world"))
+        self.assertEqual(b[7:12], by("world"))
+        self.assertEqual(b[7:100], by("world"))
+
+        self.assertEqual(b[:-7], by("Hello"))
+        self.assertEqual(b[-11:-7], by("ello"))
+        self.assertEqual(b[-7:-5], by(", "))
+        self.assertEqual(b[-5:], by("world"))
+        self.assertEqual(b[-5:12], by("world"))
+        self.assertEqual(b[-5:100], by("world"))
+        self.assertEqual(b[-100:5], by("Hello"))
+
+    def test_extended_getslice(self):
+        # Test extended slicing by comparing with list slicing.
+        L = list(range(255))
+        b = self.type2test(L)
+        indices = (0, None, 1, 3, 19, 100, -1, -2, -31, -100)
+        for start in indices:
+            for stop in indices:
+                # Skip step 0 (invalid)
+                for step in indices[1:]:
+                    self.assertEqual(b[start:stop:step], self.type2test(L[start:stop:step]))
+
+    def test_encoding(self):
+        sample = u"Hello world\n\u1234\u5678\u9abc\udef0"
+        for enc in ("utf8", "utf16"):
+            b = self.type2test(sample, enc)
+            self.assertEqual(b, self.type2test(sample.encode(enc)))
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeEncodeError, self.type2test, sample, "latin1")
+        b = self.type2test(sample, "latin1", "ignore")
+        self.assertEqual(b, self.type2test(sample[:-4], "utf-8"))
+
+    def test_decode(self):
+        sample = u"Hello world\n\u1234\u5678\u9abc\def0\def0"
+        for enc in ("utf8", "utf16"):
+            b = self.type2test(sample, enc)
+            self.assertEqual(b.decode(enc), sample)
+        sample = u"Hello world\n\x80\x81\xfe\xff"
+        b = self.type2test(sample, "latin1")
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeDecodeError, b.decode, "utf8")
+        self.assertEqual(b.decode("utf8", "ignore"), "Hello world\n")
+
+    def test_from_int(self):
+        b = self.type2test(0)
+        self.assertEqual(b, self.type2test())
+        b = self.type2test(10)
+        self.assertEqual(b, self.type2test([0]*10))
+        b = self.type2test(10000)
+        self.assertEqual(b, self.type2test([0]*10000))
+
+    def test_concat(self):
+        b1 = self.type2test(b"abc")
+        b2 = self.type2test(b"def")
+        self.assertEqual(b1 + b2, b"abcdef")
+        self.assertEqual(b1 + bytes(b"def"), b"abcdef")
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"def") + b1, b"defabc")
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: b1 + u"def")
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: u"abc" + b2)
+
+    def test_repeat(self):
+        for b in b"abc", self.type2test(b"abc"):
+            self.assertEqual(b * 3, b"abcabcabc")
+            self.assertEqual(b * 0, b"")
+            self.assertEqual(b * -1, b"")
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: b * 3.14)
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: 3.14 * b)
+            # XXX Shouldn't bytes and bytearray agree on what to raise?
+            self.assertRaises((OverflowError, MemoryError),
+                              lambda: b * sys.maxint)
+
+    def test_repeat_1char(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'x')*100, self.type2test([ord('x')]*100))
+
+    def test_contains(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b"abc")
+        self.failUnless(ord('a') in b)
+        self.failUnless(int(ord('a')) in b)
+        self.failIf(200 in b)
+        self.failIf(200 in b)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, lambda: 300 in b)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, lambda: -1 in b)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: None in b)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: float(ord('a')) in b)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: u"a" in b)
+        for f in bytes, bytearray:
+            self.failUnless(f(b"") in b)
+            self.failUnless(f(b"a") in b)
+            self.failUnless(f(b"b") in b)
+            self.failUnless(f(b"c") in b)
+            self.failUnless(f(b"ab") in b)
+            self.failUnless(f(b"bc") in b)
+            self.failUnless(f(b"abc") in b)
+            self.failIf(f(b"ac") in b)
+            self.failIf(f(b"d") in b)
+            self.failIf(f(b"dab") in b)
+            self.failIf(f(b"abd") in b)
+
+    def test_fromhex(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test.fromhex)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test.fromhex, 1)
+        self.assertEquals(self.type2test.fromhex(u''), self.type2test())
+        b = bytearray([0x1a, 0x2b, 0x30])
+        self.assertEquals(self.type2test.fromhex(u'1a2B30'), b)
+        self.assertEquals(self.type2test.fromhex(u'  1A 2B  30   '), b)
+        self.assertEquals(self.type2test.fromhex(u'0000'), b'\0\0')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test.fromhex, b'1B')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test.fromhex, u'a')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test.fromhex, u'rt')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test.fromhex, u'1a b cd')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test.fromhex, u'\x00')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.type2test.fromhex, u'12   \x00   34')
+
+    def test_join(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b"").join([]), b"")
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b"").join([b""]), b"")
+        for lst in [[b"abc"], [b"a", b"bc"], [b"ab", b"c"], [b"a", b"b", b"c"]]:
+            lst = list(map(self.type2test, lst))
+            self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b"").join(lst), b"abc")
+            self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b"").join(tuple(lst)), b"abc")
+            self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b"").join(iter(lst)), b"abc")
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b".").join([b"ab", b"cd"]), b"ab.cd")
+        # XXX more...
+
+    def test_index(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'parrot')
+        self.assertEqual(b.index('p'), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(b.index('rr'), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(b.index('t'), 5)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, lambda: b.index('w'))
+
+    def test_count(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.count(b'i'), 4)
+        self.assertEqual(b.count(b'ss'), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(b.count(b'w'), 0)
+
+    def test_startswith(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'hello')
+        self.assertFalse(self.type2test().startswith(b"anything"))
+        self.assertTrue(b.startswith(b"hello"))
+        self.assertTrue(b.startswith(b"hel"))
+        self.assertTrue(b.startswith(b"h"))
+        self.assertFalse(b.startswith(b"hellow"))
+        self.assertFalse(b.startswith(b"ha"))
+
+    def test_endswith(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'hello')
+        self.assertFalse(bytearray().endswith(b"anything"))
+        self.assertTrue(b.endswith(b"hello"))
+        self.assertTrue(b.endswith(b"llo"))
+        self.assertTrue(b.endswith(b"o"))
+        self.assertFalse(b.endswith(b"whello"))
+        self.assertFalse(b.endswith(b"no"))
+
+    def test_find(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.find(b'ss'), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(b.find(b'ss', 3), 5)
+        self.assertEqual(b.find(b'ss', 1, 7), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(b.find(b'ss', 1, 3), -1)
+        self.assertEqual(b.find(b'w'), -1)
+        self.assertEqual(b.find(b'mississippian'), -1)
+
+    def test_rfind(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.rfind(b'ss'), 5)
+        self.assertEqual(b.rfind(b'ss', 3), 5)
+        self.assertEqual(b.rfind(b'ss', 0, 6), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(b.rfind(b'w'), -1)
+        self.assertEqual(b.rfind(b'mississippian'), -1)
+
+    def test_index(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'world')
+        self.assertEqual(b.index(b'w'), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(b.index(b'orl'), 1)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, b.index, b'worm')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, b.index, b'ldo')
+
+    def test_rindex(self):
+        # XXX could be more rigorous
+        b = self.type2test(b'world')
+        self.assertEqual(b.rindex(b'w'), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(b.rindex(b'orl'), 1)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, b.rindex, b'worm')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, b.rindex, b'ldo')
+
+    def test_replace(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.replace(b'i', b'a'), b'massassappa')
+        self.assertEqual(b.replace(b'ss', b'x'), b'mixixippi')
+
+    def test_split(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.split(b'i'), [b'm', b'ss', b'ss', b'pp', b''])
+        self.assertEqual(b.split(b'ss'), [b'mi', b'i', b'ippi'])
+        self.assertEqual(b.split(b'w'), [b])
+
+    def test_split_whitespace(self):
+        for b in (b'  arf  barf  ', b'arf\tbarf', b'arf\nbarf', b'arf\rbarf',
+                  b'arf\fbarf', b'arf\vbarf'):
+            b = self.type2test(b)
+            self.assertEqual(b.split(), [b'arf', b'barf'])
+            self.assertEqual(b.split(None), [b'arf', b'barf'])
+            self.assertEqual(b.split(None, 2), [b'arf', b'barf'])
+        for b in (b'a\x1Cb', b'a\x1Db', b'a\x1Eb', b'a\x1Fb'):
+            b = self.type2test(b)
+            self.assertEqual(b.split(), [b])
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'  a  bb  c  ').split(None, 0), [b'a  bb  c  '])
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'  a  bb  c  ').split(None, 1), [b'a', b'bb  c  '])
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'  a  bb  c  ').split(None, 2), [b'a', b'bb', b'c  '])
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'  a  bb  c  ').split(None, 3), [b'a', b'bb', b'c'])
+
+    def test_split_string_error(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test(b'a b').split, u' ')
+
+    def test_rsplit(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.rsplit(b'i'), [b'm', b'ss', b'ss', b'pp', b''])
+        self.assertEqual(b.rsplit(b'ss'), [b'mi', b'i', b'ippi'])
+        self.assertEqual(b.rsplit(b'w'), [b])
+
+    def test_rsplit_whitespace(self):
+        for b in (b'  arf  barf  ', b'arf\tbarf', b'arf\nbarf', b'arf\rbarf',
+                  b'arf\fbarf', b'arf\vbarf'):
+            b = self.type2test(b)
+            self.assertEqual(b.rsplit(), [b'arf', b'barf'])
+            self.assertEqual(b.rsplit(None), [b'arf', b'barf'])
+            self.assertEqual(b.rsplit(None, 2), [b'arf', b'barf'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'  a  bb  c  ').rsplit(None, 0), [b'  a  bb  c'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'  a  bb  c  ').rsplit(None, 1), [b'  a  bb', b'c'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'  a  bb  c  ').rsplit(None, 2), [b'  a', b'bb', b'c'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'  a  bb  c  ').rsplit(None, 3), [b'a', b'bb', b'c'])
+
+    def test_rsplit_string_error(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test(b'a b').rsplit, u' ')
+
+    def test_rsplit_unicodewhitespace(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b"\x09\x0A\x0B\x0C\x0D\x1C\x1D\x1E\x1F")
+        self.assertEqual(b.split(), [b'\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f'])
+        self.assertEqual(b.rsplit(), [b'\x1c\x1d\x1e\x1f'])
+
+    def test_partition(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.partition(b'ss'), (b'mi', b'ss', b'issippi'))
+        self.assertEqual(b.rpartition(b'w'), (b'', b'', b'mississippi'))
+
+    def test_rpartition(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.rpartition(b'ss'), (b'missi', b'ss', b'ippi'))
+        self.assertEqual(b.rpartition(b'i'), (b'mississipp', b'i', b''))
+
+    def test_pickling(self):
+        for proto in range(pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL):
+            for b in b"", b"a", b"abc", b"\xffab\x80", b"\0\0\377\0\0":
+                b = self.type2test(b)
+                ps = pickle.dumps(b, proto)
+                q = pickle.loads(ps)
+                self.assertEqual(b, q)
+
+    def test_strip(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.strip(b'i'), b'mississipp')
+        self.assertEqual(b.strip(b'm'), b'ississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.strip(b'pi'), b'mississ')
+        self.assertEqual(b.strip(b'im'), b'ssissipp')
+        self.assertEqual(b.strip(b'pim'), b'ssiss')
+        self.assertEqual(b.strip(b), b'')
+
+    def test_lstrip(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.lstrip(b'i'), b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.lstrip(b'm'), b'ississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.lstrip(b'pi'), b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.lstrip(b'im'), b'ssissippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.lstrip(b'pim'), b'ssissippi')
+
+    def test_rstrip(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.rstrip(b'i'), b'mississipp')
+        self.assertEqual(b.rstrip(b'm'), b'mississippi')
+        self.assertEqual(b.rstrip(b'pi'), b'mississ')
+        self.assertEqual(b.rstrip(b'im'), b'mississipp')
+        self.assertEqual(b.rstrip(b'pim'), b'mississ')
+
+    def test_strip_whitespace(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b' \t\n\r\f\vabc \t\n\r\f\v')
+        self.assertEqual(b.strip(), b'abc')
+        self.assertEqual(b.lstrip(), b'abc \t\n\r\f\v')
+        self.assertEqual(b.rstrip(), b' \t\n\r\f\vabc')
+
+    def XXXtest_strip_bytearray(self):
+        # XXX memoryview not available
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'abc').strip(memoryview(b'ac')), b'b')
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'abc').lstrip(memoryview(b'ac')), b'bc')
+        self.assertEqual(self.type2test(b'abc').rstrip(memoryview(b'ac')), b'ab')
+
+    def test_strip_string_error(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test(b'abc').strip, u'b')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test(b'abc').lstrip, u'b')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.type2test(b'abc').rstrip, u'b')
+
+    def test_ord(self):
+        b = self.type2test(b'\0A\x7f\x80\xff')
+        self.assertEqual([ord(b[i:i+1]) for i in range(len(b))],
+                         [0, 65, 127, 128, 255])
+
+
+class ByteArrayTest(BaseBytesTest):
+    type2test = bytearray
+
+    def test_nohash(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, hash, bytearray())
+
+    def test_bytearray_api(self):
+        short_sample = b"Hello world\n"
+        sample = short_sample + b"\0"*(20 - len(short_sample))
+        tfn = tempfile.mktemp()
+        try:
+            # Prepare
+            with open(tfn, "wb") as f:
+                f.write(short_sample)
+            # Test readinto
+            with open(tfn, "rb") as f:
+                b = bytearray(20)
+                n = f.readinto(b)
+            self.assertEqual(n, len(short_sample))
+            # Python 2.x
+            b_sample = (ord(s) for s in sample)
+            self.assertEqual(list(b), list(b_sample))
+            # Test writing in binary mode
+            with open(tfn, "wb") as f:
+                f.write(b)
+            with open(tfn, "rb") as f:
+                self.assertEqual(f.read(), sample)
+            # Text mode is ambiguous; don't test
+        finally:
+            try:
+                os.remove(tfn)
+            except os.error:
+                pass
+
+    def test_reverse(self):
+        b = bytearray(b'hello')
+        self.assertEqual(b.reverse(), None)
+        self.assertEqual(b, b'olleh')
+        b = bytearray(b'hello1') # test even number of items
+        b.reverse()
+        self.assertEqual(b, b'1olleh')
+        b = bytearray()
+        b.reverse()
+        self.assertFalse(b)
+
+    def test_regexps(self):
+        def by(s):
+            return bytearray(map(ord, s))
+        b = by("Hello, world")
+        self.assertEqual(re.findall(r"\w+", b), [by("Hello"), by("world")])
+
+    def test_setitem(self):
+        b = bytearray([1, 2, 3])
+        b[1] = 100
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray([1, 100, 3]))
+        b[-1] = 200
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray([1, 100, 200]))
+        class C:
+            def __init__(self, i=0):
+                self.i = i
+            def __index__(self):
+                return self.i
+        b[0] = C(10)
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray([10, 100, 200]))
+        try:
+            b[3] = 0
+            self.fail("Didn't raise IndexError")
+        except IndexError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            b[-10] = 0
+            self.fail("Didn't raise IndexError")
+        except IndexError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            b[0] = 256
+            self.fail("Didn't raise ValueError")
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            b[0] = C(-1)
+            self.fail("Didn't raise ValueError")
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            b[0] = None
+            self.fail("Didn't raise TypeError")
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+
+    def test_delitem(self):
+        b = bytearray(range(10))
+        del b[0]
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray(range(1, 10)))
+        del b[-1]
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray(range(1, 9)))
+        del b[4]
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray([1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8]))
+
+    def test_setslice(self):
+        b = bytearray(range(10))
+        self.assertEqual(list(b), list(range(10)))
+
+        b[0:5] = bytearray([1, 1, 1, 1, 1])
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray([1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]))
+
+        del b[0:-5]
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray([5, 6, 7, 8, 9]))
+
+        b[0:0] = bytearray([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray(range(10)))
+
+        b[-7:-3] = bytearray([100, 101])
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray([0, 1, 2, 100, 101, 7, 8, 9]))
+
+        b[3:5] = [3, 4, 5, 6]
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray(range(10)))
+
+        b[3:0] = [42, 42, 42]
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray([0, 1, 2, 42, 42, 42, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]))
+
+    def test_extended_set_del_slice(self):
+        indices = (0, None, 1, 3, 19, 300, -1, -2, -31, -300)
+        for start in indices:
+            for stop in indices:
+                # Skip invalid step 0
+                for step in indices[1:]:
+                    L = list(range(255))
+                    b = bytearray(L)
+                    # Make sure we have a slice of exactly the right length,
+                    # but with different data.
+                    data = L[start:stop:step]
+                    data.reverse()
+                    L[start:stop:step] = data
+                    b[start:stop:step] = data
+                    self.assertEquals(b, bytearray(L))
+
+                    del L[start:stop:step]
+                    del b[start:stop:step]
+                    self.assertEquals(b, bytearray(L))
+
+    def test_setslice_trap(self):
+        # This test verifies that we correctly handle assigning self
+        # to a slice of self (the old Lambert Meertens trap).
+        b = bytearray(range(256))
+        b[8:] = b
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray(list(range(8)) + list(range(256))))
+
+    def test_iconcat(self):
+        b = bytearray(b"abc")
+        b1 = b
+        b += b"def"
+        self.assertEqual(b, b"abcdef")
+        self.assertEqual(b, b1)
+        self.failUnless(b is b1)
+        b += b"xyz"
+        self.assertEqual(b, b"abcdefxyz")
+        try:
+            b += u""
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.fail("bytes += unicode didn't raise TypeError")
+
+    def test_irepeat(self):
+        b = bytearray(b"abc")
+        b1 = b
+        b *= 3
+        self.assertEqual(b, b"abcabcabc")
+        self.assertEqual(b, b1)
+        self.failUnless(b is b1)
+
+    def test_irepeat_1char(self):
+        b = bytearray(b"x")
+        b1 = b
+        b *= 100
+        self.assertEqual(b, b"x"*100)
+        self.assertEqual(b, b1)
+        self.failUnless(b is b1)
+
+    def test_alloc(self):
+        b = bytearray()
+        alloc = b.__alloc__()
+        self.assert_(alloc >= 0)
+        seq = [alloc]
+        for i in range(100):
+            b += b"x"
+            alloc = b.__alloc__()
+            self.assert_(alloc >= len(b))
+            if alloc not in seq:
+                seq.append(alloc)
+
+    def test_extend(self):
+        orig = b'hello'
+        a = bytearray(orig)
+        a.extend(a)
+        self.assertEqual(a, orig + orig)
+        self.assertEqual(a[5:], orig)
+        a = bytearray(b'')
+        # Test iterators that don't have a __length_hint__
+        a.extend(map(ord, orig * 25))
+        a.extend(ord(x) for x in orig * 25)
+        self.assertEqual(a, orig * 50)
+        self.assertEqual(a[-5:], orig)
+        a = bytearray(b'')
+        a.extend(iter(map(ord, orig * 50)))
+        self.assertEqual(a, orig * 50)
+        self.assertEqual(a[-5:], orig)
+        a = bytearray(b'')
+        a.extend(list(map(ord, orig * 50)))
+        self.assertEqual(a, orig * 50)
+        self.assertEqual(a[-5:], orig)
+        a = bytearray(b'')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, a.extend, [0, 1, 2, 256])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, a.extend, [0, 1, 2, -1])
+        self.assertEqual(len(a), 0)
+
+    def test_remove(self):
+        b = bytearray(b'hello')
+        b.remove(ord('l'))
+        self.assertEqual(b, b'helo')
+        b.remove(ord('l'))
+        self.assertEqual(b, b'heo')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, lambda: b.remove(ord('l')))
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, lambda: b.remove(400))
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: b.remove(u'e'))
+        # remove first and last
+        b.remove(ord('o'))
+        b.remove(ord('h'))
+        self.assertEqual(b, b'e')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: b.remove(u'e'))
+
+    def test_pop(self):
+        b = bytearray(b'world')
+        self.assertEqual(b.pop(), ord('d'))
+        self.assertEqual(b.pop(0), ord('w'))
+        self.assertEqual(b.pop(-2), ord('r'))
+        self.assertRaises(IndexError, lambda: b.pop(10))
+        self.assertRaises(OverflowError, lambda: bytearray().pop())
+
+    def test_nosort(self):
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, lambda: bytearray().sort())
+
+    def test_append(self):
+        b = bytearray(b'hell')
+        b.append(ord('o'))
+        self.assertEqual(b, b'hello')
+        self.assertEqual(b.append(100), None)
+        b = bytearray()
+        b.append(ord('A'))
+        self.assertEqual(len(b), 1)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: b.append(u'o'))
+
+    def test_insert(self):
+        b = bytearray(b'msssspp')
+        b.insert(1, ord('i'))
+        b.insert(4, ord('i'))
+        b.insert(-2, ord('i'))
+        b.insert(1000, ord('i'))
+        self.assertEqual(b, b'mississippi')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: b.insert(0, b'1'))
+
+    def test_partition_bytearray_doesnt_share_nullstring(self):
+        a, b, c = bytearray(b"x").partition(b"y")
+        self.assertEqual(b, b"")
+        self.assertEqual(c, b"")
+        self.assert_(b is not c)
+        b += b"!"
+        self.assertEqual(c, b"")
+        a, b, c = bytearray(b"x").partition(b"y")
+        self.assertEqual(b, b"")
+        self.assertEqual(c, b"")
+        # Same for rpartition
+        b, c, a = bytearray(b"x").rpartition(b"y")
+        self.assertEqual(b, b"")
+        self.assertEqual(c, b"")
+        self.assert_(b is not c)
+        b += b"!"
+        self.assertEqual(c, b"")
+        c, b, a = bytearray(b"x").rpartition(b"y")
+        self.assertEqual(b, b"")
+        self.assertEqual(c, b"")
+
+
+class AssortedBytesTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    #
+    # Test various combinations of bytes and bytearray
+    #
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.warning_filters = warnings.filters[:]
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        warnings.filters = self.warning_filters
+
+    def test_repr_str(self):
+        warnings.simplefilter('ignore', BytesWarning)
+        for f in str, repr:
+            self.assertEqual(f(bytearray()), "bytearray(b'')")
+            self.assertEqual(f(bytearray([0])), "bytearray(b'\\x00')")
+            self.assertEqual(f(bytearray([0, 1, 254, 255])),
+                             "bytearray(b'\\x00\\x01\\xfe\\xff')")
+            self.assertEqual(f(b"abc"), "b'abc'")
+            self.assertEqual(f(b"'"), '''b"'"''') # '''
+            self.assertEqual(f(b"'\""), r"""b'\'"'""") # '
+
+    def test_compare_bytes_to_bytearray(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" == bytes(b"abc"), True)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" != bytes(b"abc"), True)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" <= bytes(b"abc"), True)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" < bytes(b"abc"), True)
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" >= bytes(b"ab"), True)
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" > bytes(b"ab"), True)
+
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" != bytes(b"abc"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" == bytes(b"abc"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" > bytes(b"abc"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" >= bytes(b"abc"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" < bytes(b"ab"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" <= bytes(b"ab"), False)
+
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"abc") == b"abc", True)
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"ab") != b"abc", True)
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"ab") <= b"abc", True)
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"ab") < b"abc", True)
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"abc") >= b"ab", True)
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"abc") > b"ab", True)
+
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"abc") != b"abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"ab") == b"abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"ab") > b"abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"ab") >= b"abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"abc") < b"ab", False)
+        self.assertEqual(bytes(b"abc") <= b"ab", False)
+
+    def test_doc(self):
+        self.failUnless(bytearray.__doc__ != None)
+        self.failUnless(bytearray.__doc__.startswith("bytearray("), bytearray.__doc__)
+        self.failUnless(bytes.__doc__ != None)
+        self.failUnless(bytes.__doc__.startswith("bytes("), bytes.__doc__)
+
+    def test_from_bytearray(self):
+        sample = bytes(b"Hello world\n\x80\x81\xfe\xff")
+        buf = memoryview(sample)
+        b = bytearray(buf)
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytearray(sample))
+
+    def test_to_str(self):
+        warnings.simplefilter('ignore', BytesWarning)
+        self.assertEqual(str(b''), "b''")
+        self.assertEqual(str(b'x'), "b'x'")
+        self.assertEqual(str(b'\x80'), "b'\\x80'")
+        self.assertEqual(str(bytearray(b'')), "bytearray(b'')")
+        self.assertEqual(str(bytearray(b'x')), "bytearray(b'x')")
+        self.assertEqual(str(bytearray(b'\x80')), "bytearray(b'\\x80')")
+
+    def test_literal(self):
+        tests =  [
+            (b"Wonderful spam", "Wonderful spam"),
+            (br"Wonderful spam too", "Wonderful spam too"),
+            (b"\xaa\x00\000\200", "\xaa\x00\000\200"),
+            (br"\xaa\x00\000\200", r"\xaa\x00\000\200"),
+        ]
+        for b, s in tests:
+            self.assertEqual(b, bytearray(s, 'latin-1'))
+        for c in range(128, 256):
+            self.assertRaises(SyntaxError, eval,
+                              'b"%s"' % chr(c))
+
+    def test_translate(self):
+        b = b'hello'
+        rosetta = bytearray(range(0, 256))
+        rosetta[ord('o')] = ord('e')
+        c = b.translate(rosetta, b'l')
+        self.assertEqual(b, b'hello')
+        self.assertEqual(c, b'hee')
+
+    def test_split_bytearray(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b'a b'.split(memoryview(b' ')), [b'a', b'b'])
+
+    def test_rsplit_bytearray(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b'a b'.rsplit(memoryview(b' ')), [b'a', b'b'])
+
+    # Optimizations:
+    # __iter__? (optimization)
+    # __reversed__? (optimization)
+
+    # XXX More string methods?  (Those that don't use character properties)
+
+    # There are tests in string_tests.py that are more
+    # comprehensive for things like split, partition, etc.
+    # Unfortunately they are all bundled with tests that
+    # are not appropriate for bytes
+
+    # I've started porting some of those into bytearray_tests.py, we should port
+    # the rest that make sense (the code can be cleaned up to use modern
+    # unittest methods at the same time).
+
+class BytearrayPEP3137Test(unittest.TestCase,
+                       test.buffer_tests.MixinBytesBufferCommonTests):
+    def marshal(self, x):
+        return bytearray(x)
+
+    def test_returns_new_copy(self):
+        val = self.marshal(b'1234')
+        # On immutable types these MAY return a reference to themselves
+        # but on mutable types like bytearray they MUST return a new copy.
+        for methname in ('zfill', 'rjust', 'ljust', 'center'):
+            method = getattr(val, methname)
+            newval = method(3)
+            self.assertEqual(val, newval)
+            self.assertTrue(val is not newval,
+                            methname+' returned self on a mutable object')
+
+
+class FixedStringTest(test.string_tests.BaseTest):
+
+    def fixtype(self, obj):
+        if isinstance(obj, str):
+            return obj.encode("utf-8")
+        return super(FixedStringTest, self).fixtype(obj)
+
+    # Currently the bytes containment testing uses a single integer
+    # value. This may not be the final design, but until then the
+    # bytes section with in a bytes containment not valid
+    def test_contains(self):
+        pass
+    def test_expandtabs(self):
+        pass
+    def test_upper(self):
+        pass
+    def test_lower(self):
+        pass
+    def test_hash(self):
+        # XXX check this out
+        pass
+
+
+class ByteArrayAsStringTest(FixedStringTest):
+    type2test = bytearray
+
+
+class ByteArraySubclass(bytearray):
+    pass
+
+class ByteArraySubclassTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_basic(self):
+        self.assert_(issubclass(ByteArraySubclass, bytearray))
+        self.assert_(isinstance(ByteArraySubclass(), bytearray))
+
+        a, b = b"abcd", b"efgh"
+        _a, _b = ByteArraySubclass(a), ByteArraySubclass(b)
+
+        # test comparison operators with subclass instances
+        self.assert_(_a == _a)
+        self.assert_(_a != _b)
+        self.assert_(_a < _b)
+        self.assert_(_a <= _b)
+        self.assert_(_b >= _a)
+        self.assert_(_b > _a)
+        self.assert_(_a is not a)
+
+        # test concat of subclass instances
+        self.assertEqual(a + b, _a + _b)
+        self.assertEqual(a + b, a + _b)
+        self.assertEqual(a + b, _a + b)
+
+        # test repeat
+        self.assert_(a*5 == _a*5)
+
+    def test_join(self):
+        # Make sure join returns a NEW object for single item sequences
+        # involving a subclass.
+        # Make sure that it is of the appropriate type.
+        s1 = ByteArraySubclass(b"abcd")
+        s2 = bytearray().join([s1])
+        self.assert_(s1 is not s2)
+        self.assert_(type(s2) is bytearray, type(s2))
+
+        # Test reverse, calling join on subclass
+        s3 = s1.join([b"abcd"])
+        self.assert_(type(s3) is bytearray)
+
+    def test_pickle(self):
+        a = ByteArraySubclass(b"abcd")
+        a.x = 10
+        a.y = ByteArraySubclass(b"efgh")
+        for proto in range(pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL):
+            b = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(a, proto))
+            self.assertNotEqual(id(a), id(b))
+            self.assertEqual(a, b)
+            self.assertEqual(a.x, b.x)
+            self.assertEqual(a.y, b.y)
+            self.assertEqual(type(a), type(b))
+            self.assertEqual(type(a.y), type(b.y))
+
+    def test_copy(self):
+        a = ByteArraySubclass(b"abcd")
+        a.x = 10
+        a.y = ByteArraySubclass(b"efgh")
+        for copy_method in (copy.copy, copy.deepcopy):
+            b = copy_method(a)
+            self.assertNotEqual(id(a), id(b))
+            self.assertEqual(a, b)
+            self.assertEqual(a.x, b.x)
+            self.assertEqual(a.y, b.y)
+            self.assertEqual(type(a), type(b))
+            self.assertEqual(type(a.y), type(b.y))
+
+    def test_init_override(self):
+        class subclass(bytearray):
+            def __init__(self, newarg=1, *args, **kwargs):
+                bytearray.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        x = subclass(4, source=b"abcd")
+        self.assertEqual(x, b"abcd")
+        x = subclass(newarg=4, source=b"abcd")
+        self.assertEqual(x, b"abcd")
+
+def test_main():
+    #test.test_support.run_unittest(BytesTest)
+    #test.test_support.run_unittest(AssortedBytesTest)
+    #test.test_support.run_unittest(BytesAsStringTest)
+    test.test_support.run_unittest(
+        ByteArrayTest,
+        ByteArrayAsStringTest,
+        ByteArraySubclassTest,
+        BytearrayPEP3137Test)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io.py b/Lib/test/test_io.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1791705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1162 @@
+"""Unit tests for io.py."""
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import array
+import unittest
+from itertools import chain
+from test import test_support
+
+import codecs
+import io  # The module under test
+
+
+class MockRawIO(io.RawIOBase):
+
+    def __init__(self, read_stack=()):
+        self._read_stack = list(read_stack)
+        self._write_stack = []
+
+    def read(self, n=None):
+        try:
+            return self._read_stack.pop(0)
+        except:
+            return b""
+
+    def write(self, b):
+        self._write_stack.append(b[:])
+        return len(b)
+
+    def writable(self):
+        return True
+
+    def fileno(self):
+        return 42
+
+    def readable(self):
+        return True
+
+    def seekable(self):
+        return True
+
+    def seek(self, pos, whence):
+        pass
+
+    def tell(self):
+        return 42
+
+
+class MockFileIO(io.BytesIO):
+
+    def __init__(self, data):
+        self.read_history = []
+        io.BytesIO.__init__(self, data)
+
+    def read(self, n=None):
+        res = io.BytesIO.read(self, n)
+        self.read_history.append(None if res is None else len(res))
+        return res
+
+
+class MockNonBlockWriterIO(io.RawIOBase):
+
+    def __init__(self, blocking_script):
+        self._blocking_script = list(blocking_script)
+        self._write_stack = []
+
+    def write(self, b):
+        self._write_stack.append(b[:])
+        n = self._blocking_script.pop(0)
+        if (n < 0):
+            raise io.BlockingIOError(0, "test blocking", -n)
+        else:
+            return n
+
+    def writable(self):
+        return True
+
+
+class IOTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        test_support.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
+
+    def write_ops(self, f):
+        self.assertEqual(f.write(b"blah."), 5)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(0), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.write(b"Hello."), 6)
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), 6)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(-1, 1), 5)
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), 5)
+        self.assertEqual(f.write(bytearray(b" world\n\n\n")), 9)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(0), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.write(b"h"), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(-1, 2), 13)
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), 13)
+        self.assertEqual(f.truncate(12), 12)
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), 13)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, f.seek, 0.0)
+
+    def read_ops(self, f, buffered=False):
+        data = f.read(5)
+        self.assertEqual(data, b"hello")
+        data = bytearray(data)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readinto(data), 5)
+        self.assertEqual(data, b" worl")
+        self.assertEqual(f.readinto(data), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(data), 5)
+        self.assertEqual(data[:2], b"d\n")
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(0), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.read(20), b"hello world\n")
+        self.assertEqual(f.read(1), b"")
+        self.assertEqual(f.readinto(bytearray(b"x")), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(-6, 2), 6)
+        self.assertEqual(f.read(5), b"world")
+        self.assertEqual(f.read(0), b"")
+        self.assertEqual(f.readinto(bytearray()), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(-6, 1), 5)
+        self.assertEqual(f.read(5), b" worl")
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), 10)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, f.seek, 0.0)
+        if buffered:
+            f.seek(0)
+            self.assertEqual(f.read(), b"hello world\n")
+            f.seek(6)
+            self.assertEqual(f.read(), b"world\n")
+            self.assertEqual(f.read(), b"")
+
+    LARGE = 2**31
+
+    def large_file_ops(self, f):
+        assert f.readable()
+        assert f.writable()
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(self.LARGE), self.LARGE)
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), self.LARGE)
+        self.assertEqual(f.write(b"xxx"), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), self.LARGE + 3)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(-1, 1), self.LARGE + 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.truncate(), self.LARGE + 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), self.LARGE + 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(0, 2), self.LARGE + 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.truncate(self.LARGE + 1), self.LARGE + 1)
+        self.assertEqual(f.tell(), self.LARGE + 2)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(0, 2), self.LARGE + 1)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seek(-1, 2), self.LARGE)
+        self.assertEqual(f.read(2), b"x")
+
+    def test_raw_file_io(self):
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb", buffering=0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readable(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(f.writable(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seekable(), True)
+        self.write_ops(f)
+        f.close()
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb", buffering=0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.readable(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(f.writable(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seekable(), True)
+        self.read_ops(f)
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_buffered_file_io(self):
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb")
+        self.assertEqual(f.readable(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(f.writable(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seekable(), True)
+        self.write_ops(f)
+        f.close()
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb")
+        self.assertEqual(f.readable(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(f.writable(), False)
+        self.assertEqual(f.seekable(), True)
+        self.read_ops(f, True)
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_readline(self):
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb")
+        f.write(b"abc\ndef\nxyzzy\nfoo")
+        f.close()
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb")
+        self.assertEqual(f.readline(), b"abc\n")
+        self.assertEqual(f.readline(10), b"def\n")
+        self.assertEqual(f.readline(2), b"xy")
+        self.assertEqual(f.readline(4), b"zzy\n")
+        self.assertEqual(f.readline(), b"foo")
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_raw_bytes_io(self):
+        f = io.BytesIO()
+        self.write_ops(f)
+        data = f.getvalue()
+        self.assertEqual(data, b"hello world\n")
+        f = io.BytesIO(data)
+        self.read_ops(f, True)
+
+    def test_large_file_ops(self):
+        # On Windows and Mac OSX this test comsumes large resources; It takes
+        # a long time to build the >2GB file and takes >2GB of disk space
+        # therefore the resource must be enabled to run this test.
+        if sys.platform[:3] == 'win' or sys.platform == 'darwin':
+            if not test_support.is_resource_enabled("largefile"):
+                print("\nTesting large file ops skipped on %s." % sys.platform,
+                      file=sys.stderr)
+                print("It requires %d bytes and a long time." % self.LARGE,
+                      file=sys.stderr)
+                print("Use 'regrtest.py -u largefile test_io' to run it.",
+                      file=sys.stderr)
+                return
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "w+b", 0)
+        self.large_file_ops(f)
+        f.close()
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "w+b")
+        self.large_file_ops(f)
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_with_open(self):
+        for bufsize in (0, 1, 100):
+            f = None
+            with open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb", bufsize) as f:
+                f.write(b"xxx")
+            self.assertEqual(f.closed, True)
+            f = None
+            try:
+                with open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb", bufsize) as f:
+                    1/0
+            except ZeroDivisionError:
+                self.assertEqual(f.closed, True)
+            else:
+                self.fail("1/0 didn't raise an exception")
+
+    def test_destructor(self):
+        record = []
+        class MyFileIO(io.FileIO):
+            def __del__(self):
+                record.append(1)
+                io.FileIO.__del__(self)
+            def close(self):
+                record.append(2)
+                io.FileIO.close(self)
+            def flush(self):
+                record.append(3)
+                io.FileIO.flush(self)
+        f = MyFileIO(test_support.TESTFN, "w")
+        f.write("xxx")
+        del f
+        self.assertEqual(record, [1, 2, 3])
+
+    def test_close_flushes(self):
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb")
+        f.write(b"xxx")
+        f.close()
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "rb")
+        self.assertEqual(f.read(), b"xxx")
+        f.close()
+
+    def XXXtest_array_writes(self):
+        # XXX memory view not available yet
+        a = array.array('i', range(10))
+        n = len(memoryview(a))
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb", 0)
+        self.assertEqual(f.write(a), n)
+        f.close()
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb")
+        self.assertEqual(f.write(a), n)
+        f.close()
+
+    def test_closefd(self):
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, io.open, test_support.TESTFN, 'w',
+                          closefd=False)
+
+class MemorySeekTestMixin:
+
+    def testInit(self):
+        buf = self.buftype("1234567890")
+        bytesIo = self.ioclass(buf)
+
+    def testRead(self):
+        buf = self.buftype("1234567890")
+        bytesIo = self.ioclass(buf)
+
+        self.assertEquals(buf[:1], bytesIo.read(1))
+        self.assertEquals(buf[1:5], bytesIo.read(4))
+        self.assertEquals(buf[5:], bytesIo.read(900))
+        self.assertEquals(self.EOF, bytesIo.read())
+
+    def testReadNoArgs(self):
+        buf = self.buftype("1234567890")
+        bytesIo = self.ioclass(buf)
+
+        self.assertEquals(buf, bytesIo.read())
+        self.assertEquals(self.EOF, bytesIo.read())
+
+    def testSeek(self):
+        buf = self.buftype("1234567890")
+        bytesIo = self.ioclass(buf)
+
+        bytesIo.read(5)
+        bytesIo.seek(0)
+        self.assertEquals(buf, bytesIo.read())
+
+        bytesIo.seek(3)
+        self.assertEquals(buf[3:], bytesIo.read())
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, bytesIo.seek, 0.0)
+
+    def testTell(self):
+        buf = self.buftype("1234567890")
+        bytesIo = self.ioclass(buf)
+
+        self.assertEquals(0, bytesIo.tell())
+        bytesIo.seek(5)
+        self.assertEquals(5, bytesIo.tell())
+        bytesIo.seek(10000)
+        self.assertEquals(10000, bytesIo.tell())
+
+
+class BytesIOTest(MemorySeekTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    @staticmethod
+    def buftype(s):
+        return s.encode("utf-8")
+    ioclass = io.BytesIO
+    EOF = b""
+
+
+class StringIOTest(MemorySeekTestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    buftype = str
+    ioclass = io.StringIO
+    EOF = ""
+
+
+class BufferedReaderTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def testRead(self):
+        rawio = MockRawIO((b"abc", b"d", b"efg"))
+        bufio = io.BufferedReader(rawio)
+
+        self.assertEquals(b"abcdef", bufio.read(6))
+
+    def testBuffering(self):
+        data = b"abcdefghi"
+        dlen = len(data)
+
+        tests = [
+            [ 100, [ 3, 1, 4, 8 ], [ dlen, 0 ] ],
+            [ 100, [ 3, 3, 3],     [ dlen ]    ],
+            [   4, [ 1, 2, 4, 2 ], [ 4, 4, 1 ] ],
+        ]
+
+        for bufsize, buf_read_sizes, raw_read_sizes in tests:
+            rawio = MockFileIO(data)
+            bufio = io.BufferedReader(rawio, buffer_size=bufsize)
+            pos = 0
+            for nbytes in buf_read_sizes:
+                self.assertEquals(bufio.read(nbytes), data[pos:pos+nbytes])
+                pos += nbytes
+            self.assertEquals(rawio.read_history, raw_read_sizes)
+
+    def testReadNonBlocking(self):
+        # Inject some None's in there to simulate EWOULDBLOCK
+        rawio = MockRawIO((b"abc", b"d", None, b"efg", None, None))
+        bufio = io.BufferedReader(rawio)
+
+        self.assertEquals(b"abcd", bufio.read(6))
+        self.assertEquals(b"e", bufio.read(1))
+        self.assertEquals(b"fg", bufio.read())
+        self.assert_(None is bufio.read())
+        self.assertEquals(b"", bufio.read())
+
+    def testReadToEof(self):
+        rawio = MockRawIO((b"abc", b"d", b"efg"))
+        bufio = io.BufferedReader(rawio)
+
+        self.assertEquals(b"abcdefg", bufio.read(9000))
+
+    def testReadNoArgs(self):
+        rawio = MockRawIO((b"abc", b"d", b"efg"))
+        bufio = io.BufferedReader(rawio)
+
+        self.assertEquals(b"abcdefg", bufio.read())
+
+    def testFileno(self):
+        rawio = MockRawIO((b"abc", b"d", b"efg"))
+        bufio = io.BufferedReader(rawio)
+
+        self.assertEquals(42, bufio.fileno())
+
+    def testFilenoNoFileno(self):
+        # XXX will we always have fileno() function? If so, kill
+        # this test. Else, write it.
+        pass
+
+
+class BufferedWriterTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def testWrite(self):
+        # Write to the buffered IO but don't overflow the buffer.
+        writer = MockRawIO()
+        bufio = io.BufferedWriter(writer, 8)
+
+        bufio.write(b"abc")
+
+        self.assertFalse(writer._write_stack)
+
+    def testWriteOverflow(self):
+        writer = MockRawIO()
+        bufio = io.BufferedWriter(writer, 8)
+
+        bufio.write(b"abc")
+        bufio.write(b"defghijkl")
+
+        self.assertEquals(b"abcdefghijkl", writer._write_stack[0])
+
+    def testWriteNonBlocking(self):
+        raw = MockNonBlockWriterIO((9, 2, 22, -6, 10, 12, 12))
+        bufio = io.BufferedWriter(raw, 8, 16)
+
+        bufio.write(b"asdf")
+        bufio.write(b"asdfa")
+        self.assertEquals(b"asdfasdfa", raw._write_stack[0])
+
+        bufio.write(b"asdfasdfasdf")
+        self.assertEquals(b"asdfasdfasdf", raw._write_stack[1])
+        bufio.write(b"asdfasdfasdf")
+        self.assertEquals(b"dfasdfasdf", raw._write_stack[2])
+        self.assertEquals(b"asdfasdfasdf", raw._write_stack[3])
+
+        bufio.write(b"asdfasdfasdf")
+
+        # XXX I don't like this test. It relies too heavily on how the
+        # algorithm actually works, which we might change. Refactor
+        # later.
+
+    def testFileno(self):
+        rawio = MockRawIO((b"abc", b"d", b"efg"))
+        bufio = io.BufferedWriter(rawio)
+
+        self.assertEquals(42, bufio.fileno())
+
+    def testFlush(self):
+        writer = MockRawIO()
+        bufio = io.BufferedWriter(writer, 8)
+
+        bufio.write(b"abc")
+        bufio.flush()
+
+        self.assertEquals(b"abc", writer._write_stack[0])
+
+
+class BufferedRWPairTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def testRWPair(self):
+        r = MockRawIO(())
+        w = MockRawIO()
+        pair = io.BufferedRWPair(r, w)
+
+        # XXX need implementation
+
+
+class BufferedRandomTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def testReadAndWrite(self):
+        raw = MockRawIO((b"asdf", b"ghjk"))
+        rw = io.BufferedRandom(raw, 8, 12)
+
+        self.assertEqual(b"as", rw.read(2))
+        rw.write(b"ddd")
+        rw.write(b"eee")
+        self.assertFalse(raw._write_stack) # Buffer writes
+        self.assertEqual(b"ghjk", rw.read()) # This read forces write flush
+        self.assertEquals(b"dddeee", raw._write_stack[0])
+
+    def testSeekAndTell(self):
+        raw = io.BytesIO(b"asdfghjkl")
+        rw = io.BufferedRandom(raw)
+
+        self.assertEquals(b"as", rw.read(2))
+        self.assertEquals(2, rw.tell())
+        rw.seek(0, 0)
+        self.assertEquals(b"asdf", rw.read(4))
+
+        rw.write(b"asdf")
+        rw.seek(0, 0)
+        self.assertEquals(b"asdfasdfl", rw.read())
+        self.assertEquals(9, rw.tell())
+        rw.seek(-4, 2)
+        self.assertEquals(5, rw.tell())
+        rw.seek(2, 1)
+        self.assertEquals(7, rw.tell())
+        self.assertEquals(b"fl", rw.read(11))
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, rw.seek, 0.0)
+
+# To fully exercise seek/tell, the StatefulIncrementalDecoder has these
+# properties:
+#   - A single output character can correspond to many bytes of input.
+#   - The number of input bytes to complete the character can be
+#     undetermined until the last input byte is received.
+#   - The number of input bytes can vary depending on previous input.
+#   - A single input byte can correspond to many characters of output.
+#   - The number of output characters can be undetermined until the
+#     last input byte is received.
+#   - The number of output characters can vary depending on previous input.
+
+class StatefulIncrementalDecoder(codecs.IncrementalDecoder):
+    """
+    For testing seek/tell behavior with a stateful, buffering decoder.
+
+    Input is a sequence of words.  Words may be fixed-length (length set
+    by input) or variable-length (period-terminated).  In variable-length
+    mode, extra periods are ignored.  Possible words are:
+      - 'i' followed by a number sets the input length, I (maximum 99).
+        When I is set to 0, words are space-terminated.
+      - 'o' followed by a number sets the output length, O (maximum 99).
+      - Any other word is converted into a word followed by a period on
+        the output.  The output word consists of the input word truncated
+        or padded out with hyphens to make its length equal to O.  If O
+        is 0, the word is output verbatim without truncating or padding.
+    I and O are initially set to 1.  When I changes, any buffered input is
+    re-scanned according to the new I.  EOF also terminates the last word.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, errors='strict'):
+        codecs.IncrementalDecoder.__init__(self, errors)
+        self.reset()
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '<SID %x>' % id(self)
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.i = 1
+        self.o = 1
+        self.buffer = bytearray()
+
+    def getstate(self):
+        i, o = self.i ^ 1, self.o ^ 1 # so that flags = 0 after reset()
+        return bytes(self.buffer), i*100 + o
+
+    def setstate(self, state):
+        buffer, io = state
+        self.buffer = bytearray(buffer)
+        i, o = divmod(io, 100)
+        self.i, self.o = i ^ 1, o ^ 1
+
+    def decode(self, input, final=False):
+        output = ''
+        for b in input:
+            if self.i == 0: # variable-length, terminated with period
+                if b == ord('.'):
+                    if self.buffer:
+                        output += self.process_word()
+                else:
+                    self.buffer.append(b)
+            else: # fixed-length, terminate after self.i bytes
+                self.buffer.append(b)
+                if len(self.buffer) == self.i:
+                    output += self.process_word()
+        if final and self.buffer: # EOF terminates the last word
+            output += self.process_word()
+        return output
+
+    def process_word(self):
+        output = ''
+        if self.buffer[0] == ord('i'):
+            self.i = min(99, int(self.buffer[1:] or 0)) # set input length
+        elif self.buffer[0] == ord('o'):
+            self.o = min(99, int(self.buffer[1:] or 0)) # set output length
+        else:
+            output = self.buffer.decode('ascii')
+            if len(output) < self.o:
+                output += '-'*self.o # pad out with hyphens
+            if self.o:
+                output = output[:self.o] # truncate to output length
+            output += '.'
+        self.buffer = bytearray()
+        return output
+
+class StatefulIncrementalDecoderTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    Make sure the StatefulIncrementalDecoder actually works.
+    """
+
+    test_cases = [
+        # I=1, O=1 (fixed-length input == fixed-length output)
+        (b'abcd', False, 'a.b.c.d.'),
+        # I=0, O=0 (variable-length input, variable-length output)
+        (b'oiabcd', True, 'abcd.'),
+        # I=0, O=0 (should ignore extra periods)
+        (b'oi...abcd...', True, 'abcd.'),
+        # I=0, O=6 (variable-length input, fixed-length output)
+        (b'i.o6.x.xyz.toolongtofit.', False, 'x-----.xyz---.toolon.'),
+        # I=2, O=6 (fixed-length input < fixed-length output)
+        (b'i.i2.o6xyz', True, 'xy----.z-----.'),
+        # I=6, O=3 (fixed-length input > fixed-length output)
+        (b'i.o3.i6.abcdefghijklmnop', True, 'abc.ghi.mno.'),
+        # I=0, then 3; O=29, then 15 (with longer output)
+        (b'i.o29.a.b.cde.o15.abcdefghijabcdefghij.i3.a.b.c.d.ei00k.l.m', True,
+         'a----------------------------.' +
+         'b----------------------------.' +
+         'cde--------------------------.' +
+         'abcdefghijabcde.' +
+         'a.b------------.' +
+         '.c.------------.' +
+         'd.e------------.' +
+         'k--------------.' +
+         'l--------------.' +
+         'm--------------.')
+    ]
+
+    def testDecoder(self):
+        # Try a few one-shot test cases.
+        for input, eof, output in self.test_cases:
+            d = StatefulIncrementalDecoder()
+            self.assertEquals(d.decode(input, eof), output)
+
+        # Also test an unfinished decode, followed by forcing EOF.
+        d = StatefulIncrementalDecoder()
+        self.assertEquals(d.decode(b'oiabcd'), '')
+        self.assertEquals(d.decode(b'', 1), 'abcd.')
+
+class TextIOWrapperTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.testdata = b"AAA\r\nBBB\rCCC\r\nDDD\nEEE\r\n"
+        self.normalized = b"AAA\nBBB\nCCC\nDDD\nEEE\n".decode("ascii")
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        test_support.unlink(test_support.TESTFN)
+
+    def testLineBuffering(self):
+        r = io.BytesIO()
+        b = io.BufferedWriter(r, 1000)
+        t = io.TextIOWrapper(b, newline="\n", line_buffering=True)
+        t.write(u"X")
+        self.assertEquals(r.getvalue(), b"")  # No flush happened
+        t.write(u"Y\nZ")
+        self.assertEquals(r.getvalue(), b"XY\nZ")  # All got flushed
+        t.write(u"A\rB")
+        self.assertEquals(r.getvalue(), b"XY\nZA\rB")
+
+    def testEncodingErrorsReading(self):
+        # (1) default
+        b = io.BytesIO(b"abc\n\xff\n")
+        t = io.TextIOWrapper(b, encoding="ascii")
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeError, t.read)
+        # (2) explicit strict
+        b = io.BytesIO(b"abc\n\xff\n")
+        t = io.TextIOWrapper(b, encoding="ascii", errors="strict")
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeError, t.read)
+        # (3) ignore
+        b = io.BytesIO(b"abc\n\xff\n")
+        t = io.TextIOWrapper(b, encoding="ascii", errors="ignore")
+        self.assertEquals(t.read(), "abc\n\n")
+        # (4) replace
+        b = io.BytesIO(b"abc\n\xff\n")
+        t = io.TextIOWrapper(b, encoding="ascii", errors="replace")
+        self.assertEquals(t.read(), u"abc\n\ufffd\n")
+
+    def testEncodingErrorsWriting(self):
+        # (1) default
+        b = io.BytesIO()
+        t = io.TextIOWrapper(b, encoding="ascii")
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeError, t.write, u"\xff")
+        # (2) explicit strict
+        b = io.BytesIO()
+        t = io.TextIOWrapper(b, encoding="ascii", errors="strict")
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeError, t.write, u"\xff")
+        # (3) ignore
+        b = io.BytesIO()
+        t = io.TextIOWrapper(b, encoding="ascii", errors="ignore",
+                             newline="\n")
+        t.write(u"abc\xffdef\n")
+        t.flush()
+        self.assertEquals(b.getvalue(), b"abcdef\n")
+        # (4) replace
+        b = io.BytesIO()
+        t = io.TextIOWrapper(b, encoding="ascii", errors="replace",
+                             newline="\n")
+        t.write(u"abc\xffdef\n")
+        t.flush()
+        self.assertEquals(b.getvalue(), b"abc?def\n")
+
+    def testNewlinesInput(self):
+        testdata = b"AAA\nBBB\nCCC\rDDD\rEEE\r\nFFF\r\nGGG"
+        normalized = testdata.replace(b"\r\n", b"\n").replace(b"\r", b"\n")
+        for newline, expected in [
+            (None, normalized.decode("ascii").splitlines(True)),
+            ("", testdata.decode("ascii").splitlines(True)),
+            ("\n", ["AAA\n", "BBB\n", "CCC\rDDD\rEEE\r\n", "FFF\r\n", "GGG"]),
+            ("\r\n", ["AAA\nBBB\nCCC\rDDD\rEEE\r\n", "FFF\r\n", "GGG"]),
+            ("\r",  ["AAA\nBBB\nCCC\r", "DDD\r", "EEE\r", "\nFFF\r", "\nGGG"]),
+            ]:
+            buf = io.BytesIO(testdata)
+            txt = io.TextIOWrapper(buf, encoding="ascii", newline=newline)
+            self.assertEquals(txt.readlines(), expected)
+            txt.seek(0)
+            self.assertEquals(txt.read(), "".join(expected))
+
+    def testNewlinesOutput(self):
+        testdict = {
+            "": b"AAA\nBBB\nCCC\nX\rY\r\nZ",
+            "\n": b"AAA\nBBB\nCCC\nX\rY\r\nZ",
+            "\r": b"AAA\rBBB\rCCC\rX\rY\r\rZ",
+            "\r\n": b"AAA\r\nBBB\r\nCCC\r\nX\rY\r\r\nZ",
+            }
+        tests = [(None, testdict[os.linesep])] + sorted(testdict.items())
+        for newline, expected in tests:
+            buf = io.BytesIO()
+            txt = io.TextIOWrapper(buf, encoding="ascii", newline=newline)
+            txt.write("AAA\nB")
+            txt.write("BB\nCCC\n")
+            txt.write("X\rY\r\nZ")
+            txt.flush()
+            self.assertEquals(buf.getvalue(), expected)
+
+    def testNewlines(self):
+        input_lines = [ "unix\n", "windows\r\n", "os9\r", "last\n", "nonl" ]
+
+        tests = [
+            [ None, [ 'unix\n', 'windows\n', 'os9\n', 'last\n', 'nonl' ] ],
+            [ '', input_lines ],
+            [ '\n', [ "unix\n", "windows\r\n", "os9\rlast\n", "nonl" ] ],
+            [ '\r\n', [ "unix\nwindows\r\n", "os9\rlast\nnonl" ] ],
+            [ '\r', [ "unix\nwindows\r", "\nos9\r", "last\nnonl" ] ],
+        ]
+
+        encodings = ('utf-8', 'latin-1')
+
+        # Try a range of buffer sizes to test the case where \r is the last
+        # character in TextIOWrapper._pending_line.
+        for encoding in encodings:
+            # XXX: str.encode() should return bytes
+            data = bytes(''.join(input_lines).encode(encoding))
+            for do_reads in (False, True):
+                for bufsize in range(1, 10):
+                    for newline, exp_lines in tests:
+                        bufio = io.BufferedReader(io.BytesIO(data), bufsize)
+                        textio = io.TextIOWrapper(bufio, newline=newline,
+                                                  encoding=encoding)
+                        if do_reads:
+                            got_lines = []
+                            while True:
+                                c2 = textio.read(2)
+                                if c2 == '':
+                                    break
+                                self.assertEquals(len(c2), 2)
+                                got_lines.append(c2 + textio.readline())
+                        else:
+                            got_lines = list(textio)
+
+                        for got_line, exp_line in zip(got_lines, exp_lines):
+                            self.assertEquals(got_line, exp_line)
+                        self.assertEquals(len(got_lines), len(exp_lines))
+
+    def testNewlinesInput(self):
+        testdata = b"AAA\nBBB\nCCC\rDDD\rEEE\r\nFFF\r\nGGG"
+        normalized = testdata.replace(b"\r\n", b"\n").replace(b"\r", b"\n")
+        for newline, expected in [
+            (None, normalized.decode("ascii").splitlines(True)),
+            ("", testdata.decode("ascii").splitlines(True)),
+            ("\n", ["AAA\n", "BBB\n", "CCC\rDDD\rEEE\r\n", "FFF\r\n", "GGG"]),
+            ("\r\n", ["AAA\nBBB\nCCC\rDDD\rEEE\r\n", "FFF\r\n", "GGG"]),
+            ("\r",  ["AAA\nBBB\nCCC\r", "DDD\r", "EEE\r", "\nFFF\r", "\nGGG"]),
+            ]:
+            buf = io.BytesIO(testdata)
+            txt = io.TextIOWrapper(buf, encoding="ascii", newline=newline)
+            self.assertEquals(txt.readlines(), expected)
+            txt.seek(0)
+            self.assertEquals(txt.read(), "".join(expected))
+
+    def testNewlinesOutput(self):
+        data = u"AAA\nBBB\rCCC\n"
+        data_lf = b"AAA\nBBB\rCCC\n"
+        data_cr = b"AAA\rBBB\rCCC\r"
+        data_crlf = b"AAA\r\nBBB\rCCC\r\n"
+        save_linesep = os.linesep
+        try:
+            for os.linesep, newline, expected in [
+                ("\n", None, data_lf),
+                ("\r\n", None, data_crlf),
+                ("\n", "", data_lf),
+                ("\r\n", "", data_lf),
+                ("\n", "\n", data_lf),
+                ("\r\n", "\n", data_lf),
+                ("\n", "\r", data_cr),
+                ("\r\n", "\r", data_cr),
+                ("\n", "\r\n", data_crlf),
+                ("\r\n", "\r\n", data_crlf),
+                ]:
+                buf = io.BytesIO()
+                txt = io.TextIOWrapper(buf, encoding="ascii", newline=newline)
+                txt.write(data)
+                txt.close()
+                self.assertEquals(buf.getvalue(), expected)
+        finally:
+            os.linesep = save_linesep
+
+    # Systematic tests of the text I/O API
+
+    def testBasicIO(self):
+        for chunksize in (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, 17, 31, 32, 33, 63, 64, 65):
+            for enc in "ascii", "latin1", "utf8" :# , "utf-16-be", "utf-16-le":
+                f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "w+", encoding=enc)
+                f._CHUNK_SIZE = chunksize
+                self.assertEquals(f.write(u"abc"), 3)
+                f.close()
+                f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "r+", encoding=enc)
+                f._CHUNK_SIZE = chunksize
+                self.assertEquals(f.tell(), 0)
+                self.assertEquals(f.read(), u"abc")
+                cookie = f.tell()
+                self.assertEquals(f.seek(0), 0)
+                self.assertEquals(f.read(2), u"ab")
+                self.assertEquals(f.read(1), u"c")
+                self.assertEquals(f.read(1), u"")
+                self.assertEquals(f.read(), u"")
+                self.assertEquals(f.tell(), cookie)
+                self.assertEquals(f.seek(0), 0)
+                self.assertEquals(f.seek(0, 2), cookie)
+                self.assertEquals(f.write(u"def"), 3)
+                self.assertEquals(f.seek(cookie), cookie)
+                self.assertEquals(f.read(), u"def")
+                if enc.startswith("utf"):
+                    self.multi_line_test(f, enc)
+                f.close()
+
+    def multi_line_test(self, f, enc):
+        f.seek(0)
+        f.truncate()
+        sample = u"s\xff\u0fff\uffff"
+        wlines = []
+        for size in (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 30, 31, 32, 33, 62, 63, 64, 65, 1000):
+            chars = []
+            for i in range(size):
+                chars.append(sample[i % len(sample)])
+            line = u"".join(chars) + u"\n"
+            wlines.append((f.tell(), line))
+            f.write(line)
+        f.seek(0)
+        rlines = []
+        while True:
+            pos = f.tell()
+            line = f.readline()
+            if not line:
+                break
+            rlines.append((pos, line))
+        self.assertEquals(rlines, wlines)
+
+    def testTelling(self):
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "w+", encoding="utf8")
+        p0 = f.tell()
+        f.write(u"\xff\n")
+        p1 = f.tell()
+        f.write(u"\xff\n")
+        p2 = f.tell()
+        f.seek(0)
+        self.assertEquals(f.tell(), p0)
+        self.assertEquals(f.readline(), u"\xff\n")
+        self.assertEquals(f.tell(), p1)
+        self.assertEquals(f.readline(), u"\xff\n")
+        self.assertEquals(f.tell(), p2)
+        f.seek(0)
+        for line in f:
+            self.assertEquals(line, u"\xff\n")
+            self.assertRaises(IOError, f.tell)
+        self.assertEquals(f.tell(), p2)
+        f.close()
+
+    def testSeeking(self):
+        chunk_size = io.TextIOWrapper._CHUNK_SIZE
+        prefix_size = chunk_size - 2
+        u_prefix = "a" * prefix_size
+        prefix = bytes(u_prefix.encode("utf-8"))
+        self.assertEquals(len(u_prefix), len(prefix))
+        u_suffix = "\u8888\n"
+        suffix = bytes(u_suffix.encode("utf-8"))
+        line = prefix + suffix
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb")
+        f.write(line*2)
+        f.close()
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "r", encoding="utf-8")
+        s = f.read(prefix_size)
+        self.assertEquals(s, unicode(prefix, "ascii"))
+        self.assertEquals(f.tell(), prefix_size)
+        self.assertEquals(f.readline(), u_suffix)
+
+    def testSeekingToo(self):
+        # Regression test for a specific bug
+        data = b'\xe0\xbf\xbf\n'
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "wb")
+        f.write(data)
+        f.close()
+        f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "r", encoding="utf-8")
+        f._CHUNK_SIZE  # Just test that it exists
+        f._CHUNK_SIZE = 2
+        f.readline()
+        f.tell()
+
+    # FIXME: figure out why the test fails with Python 2.6
+    def XXXtestSeekAndTell(self):
+        """Test seek/tell using the StatefulIncrementalDecoder."""
+
+        def lookupTestDecoder(name):
+            if self.codecEnabled and name == 'test_decoder':
+                return codecs.CodecInfo(
+                    name='test_decoder', encode=None, decode=None,
+                    incrementalencoder=None,
+                    streamreader=None, streamwriter=None,
+                    incrementaldecoder=StatefulIncrementalDecoder)
+
+        def testSeekAndTellWithData(data, min_pos=0):
+            """Tell/seek to various points within a data stream and ensure
+            that the decoded data returned by read() is consistent."""
+            f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, 'wb')
+            f.write(data)
+            f.close()
+            f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, encoding='test_decoder')
+            decoded = f.read()
+            f.close()
+
+            for i in range(min_pos, len(decoded) + 1): # seek positions
+                for j in [1, 5, len(decoded) - i]: # read lengths
+                    f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, encoding='test_decoder')
+                    self.assertEquals(f.read(i), decoded[:i])
+                    cookie = f.tell()
+                    self.assertEquals(f.read(j), decoded[i:i + j])
+                    f.seek(cookie)
+                    self.assertEquals(f.read(), decoded[i:])
+                    f.close()
+
+        # Register a special incremental decoder for testing.
+        codecs.register(lookupTestDecoder)
+        self.codecEnabled = 1
+
+        # Run the tests.
+        try:
+            # Try each test case.
+            for input, _, _ in StatefulIncrementalDecoderTest.test_cases:
+                testSeekAndTellWithData(input)
+
+            # Position each test case so that it crosses a chunk boundary.
+            CHUNK_SIZE = io.TextIOWrapper._CHUNK_SIZE
+            for input, _, _ in StatefulIncrementalDecoderTest.test_cases:
+                offset = CHUNK_SIZE - len(input)//2
+                prefix = b'.'*offset
+                # Don't bother seeking into the prefix (takes too long).
+                min_pos = offset*2
+                testSeekAndTellWithData(prefix + input, min_pos)
+
+        # Ensure our test decoder won't interfere with subsequent tests.
+        finally:
+            self.codecEnabled = 0
+
+    def testEncodedWrites(self):
+        data = u"1234567890"
+        tests = ("utf-16",
+                 "utf-16-le",
+                 "utf-16-be",
+                 "utf-32",
+                 "utf-32-le",
+                 "utf-32-be")
+        for encoding in tests:
+            buf = io.BytesIO()
+            f = io.TextIOWrapper(buf, encoding=encoding)
+            # Check if the BOM is written only once (see issue1753).
+            f.write(data)
+            f.write(data)
+            f.seek(0)
+            self.assertEquals(f.read(), data * 2)
+            self.assertEquals(buf.getvalue(), (data * 2).encode(encoding))
+
+    def timingTest(self):
+        timer = time.time
+        enc = "utf8"
+        line = "\0\x0f\xff\u0fff\uffff\U000fffff\U0010ffff"*3 + "\n"
+        nlines = 10000
+        nchars = len(line)
+        nbytes = len(line.encode(enc))
+        for chunk_size in (32, 64, 128, 256):
+            f = io.open(test_support.TESTFN, "w+", encoding=enc)
+            f._CHUNK_SIZE = chunk_size
+            t0 = timer()
+            for i in range(nlines):
+                f.write(line)
+            f.flush()
+            t1 = timer()
+            f.seek(0)
+            for line in f:
+                pass
+            t2 = timer()
+            f.seek(0)
+            while f.readline():
+                pass
+            t3 = timer()
+            f.seek(0)
+            while f.readline():
+                f.tell()
+            t4 = timer()
+            f.close()
+            if test_support.verbose:
+                print("\nTiming test: %d lines of %d characters (%d bytes)" %
+                      (nlines, nchars, nbytes))
+                print("File chunk size:          %6s" % f._CHUNK_SIZE)
+                print("Writing:                  %6.3f seconds" % (t1-t0))
+                print("Reading using iteration:  %6.3f seconds" % (t2-t1))
+                print("Reading using readline(): %6.3f seconds" % (t3-t2))
+                print("Using readline()+tell():  %6.3f seconds" % (t4-t3))
+
+    def testReadOneByOne(self):
+        txt = io.TextIOWrapper(io.BytesIO(b"AA\r\nBB"))
+        reads = ""
+        while True:
+            c = txt.read(1)
+            if not c:
+                break
+            reads += c
+        self.assertEquals(reads, "AA\nBB")
+
+    # read in amounts equal to TextIOWrapper._CHUNK_SIZE which is 128.
+    def testReadByChunk(self):
+        # make sure "\r\n" straddles 128 char boundary.
+        txt = io.TextIOWrapper(io.BytesIO(b"A" * 127 + b"\r\nB"))
+        reads = ""
+        while True:
+            c = txt.read(128)
+            if not c:
+                break
+            reads += c
+        self.assertEquals(reads, "A"*127+"\nB")
+
+    def test_issue1395_1(self):
+        txt = io.TextIOWrapper(io.BytesIO(self.testdata), encoding="ascii")
+
+        # read one char at a time
+        reads = ""
+        while True:
+            c = txt.read(1)
+            if not c:
+                break
+            reads += c
+        self.assertEquals(reads, self.normalized)
+
+    def test_issue1395_2(self):
+        txt = io.TextIOWrapper(io.BytesIO(self.testdata), encoding="ascii")
+        txt._CHUNK_SIZE = 4
+
+        reads = ""
+        while True:
+            c = txt.read(4)
+            if not c:
+                break
+            reads += c
+        self.assertEquals(reads, self.normalized)
+
+    def test_issue1395_3(self):
+        txt = io.TextIOWrapper(io.BytesIO(self.testdata), encoding="ascii")
+        txt._CHUNK_SIZE = 4
+
+        reads = txt.read(4)
+        reads += txt.read(4)
+        reads += txt.readline()
+        reads += txt.readline()
+        reads += txt.readline()
+        self.assertEquals(reads, self.normalized)
+
+    def test_issue1395_4(self):
+        txt = io.TextIOWrapper(io.BytesIO(self.testdata), encoding="ascii")
+        txt._CHUNK_SIZE = 4
+
+        reads = txt.read(4)
+        reads += txt.read()
+        self.assertEquals(reads, self.normalized)
+
+    def test_issue1395_5(self):
+        txt = io.TextIOWrapper(io.BytesIO(self.testdata), encoding="ascii")
+        txt._CHUNK_SIZE = 4
+
+        reads = txt.read(4)
+        pos = txt.tell()
+        txt.seek(0)
+        txt.seek(pos)
+        self.assertEquals(txt.read(4), "BBB\n")
+
+    def test_issue2282(self):
+        buffer = io.BytesIO(self.testdata)
+        txt = io.TextIOWrapper(buffer, encoding="ascii")
+
+        self.assertEqual(buffer.seekable(), txt.seekable())
+
+    def test_newline_decoder(self):
+        import codecs
+        decoder = codecs.getincrementaldecoder("utf-8")()
+        decoder = io.IncrementalNewlineDecoder(decoder, translate=True)
+
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\xe8\xa2\x88'), u"\u8888")
+
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\xe8'), u"")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\xa2'), u"")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\x88'), u"\u8888")
+
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\xe8'), u"")
+        self.assertRaises(UnicodeDecodeError, decoder.decode, b'', final=True)
+
+        decoder.setstate((b'', 0))
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\n'), u"\n")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\r'), u"")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'', final=True), u"\n")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\r', final=True), u"\n")
+
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\r'), u"")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'a'), u"\na")
+
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\r\r\n'), u"\n\n")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\r'), u"")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\r'), u"\n")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\na'), u"\na")
+
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\xe8\xa2\x88\r\n'), u"\u8888\n")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\xe8\xa2\x88'), u"\u8888")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\n'), u"\n")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\xe8\xa2\x88\r'), u"\u8888")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b'\n'), u"\n")
+
+        decoder = codecs.getincrementaldecoder("utf-8")()
+        decoder = io.IncrementalNewlineDecoder(decoder, translate=True)
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.newlines, None)
+        decoder.decode(b"abc\n\r")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.newlines, u'\n')
+        decoder.decode(b"\nabc")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.newlines, ('\n', '\r\n'))
+        decoder.decode(b"abc\r")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.newlines, ('\n', '\r\n'))
+        decoder.decode(b"abc")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.newlines, ('\r', '\n', '\r\n'))
+        decoder.decode(b"abc\r")
+        decoder.reset()
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.decode(b"abc"), "abc")
+        self.assertEquals(decoder.newlines, None)
+
+# XXX Tests for open()
+
+class MiscIOTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def testImport__all__(self):
+        for name in io.__all__:
+            obj = getattr(io, name, None)
+            self.assert_(obj is not None, name)
+            if name == "open":
+                continue
+            elif "error" in name.lower():
+                self.assert_(issubclass(obj, Exception), name)
+            else:
+                self.assert_(issubclass(obj, io.IOBase))
+
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(IOTest, BytesIOTest, StringIOTest,
+                              BufferedReaderTest,
+                              BufferedWriterTest, BufferedRWPairTest,
+                              BufferedRandomTest, TextIOWrapperTest,
+                              MiscIOTest)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_print.py b/Lib/test/test_print.py
index 0c46f9b..5ed2cc0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_print.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_print.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 from test import test_support
 
 import sys
-try:
+if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
     # 3.x
     from io import StringIO
-except ImportError:
+else:
     # 2.x
     from StringIO import StringIO
 
diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index f6934a9..acf060f 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@
 		Objects/abstract.o \
 		Objects/boolobject.o \
 		Objects/bufferobject.o \
+		Objects/bytes_methods.o \
+		Objects/bytesobject.o \
 		Objects/cellobject.o \
 		Objects/classobject.o \
 		Objects/cobject.o \
@@ -518,13 +520,16 @@
 				$(srcdir)/Objects/unicodetype_db.h
 
 STRINGLIB_HEADERS= \
+		$(srcdir)/Include/bytes_methods.h \
 		$(srcdir)/Objects/stringlib/count.h \
+		$(srcdir)/Objects/stringlib/ctype.h \
 		$(srcdir)/Objects/stringlib/fastsearch.h \
 		$(srcdir)/Objects/stringlib/find.h \
 		$(srcdir)/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h \
 		$(srcdir)/Objects/stringlib/partition.h \
 		$(srcdir)/Objects/stringlib/stringdefs.h \
 		$(srcdir)/Objects/stringlib/string_format.h \
+		$(srcdir)/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h \
 		$(srcdir)/Objects/stringlib/unicodedefs.h
 
 Objects/unicodeobject.o: $(srcdir)/Objects/unicodeobject.c \
@@ -532,6 +537,8 @@
 
 Objects/stringobject.o: $(srcdir)/Objects/stringobject.c \
 				$(STRINGLIB_HEADERS)
+Objects/bytesobject.o: $(srcdir)/Objects/bytesobject.c \
+				$(STRINGLIB_HEADERS)
 
 Python/formatter_unicode.o: $(srcdir)/Python/formatter_unicode.c \
 				$(STRINGLIB_HEADERS)
@@ -550,6 +557,8 @@
 		Include/ast.h \
 		Include/bitset.h \
 		Include/boolobject.h \
+		Include/bytes_methods.h \
+		Include/bytesobject.h \
 		Include/bufferobject.h \
 		Include/cellobject.h \
 		Include/ceval.h \
diff --git a/Modules/main.c b/Modules/main.c
index 0cd879d..21cb487 100644
--- a/Modules/main.c
+++ b/Modules/main.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 static int  orig_argc;
 
 /* command line options */
-#define BASE_OPTS "3Bc:dEhim:OQ:StuUvVW:xX?"
+#define BASE_OPTS "3bBc:dEhim:OQ:StuUvVW:xX?"
 
 #ifndef RISCOS
 #define PROGRAM_OPTS BASE_OPTS
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@
 		}
 
 		switch (c) {
+		case 'b':
+			Py_BytesWarningFlag++;
+			break;
 
 		case 'd':
 			Py_DebugFlag++;
diff --git a/Objects/bytes_methods.c b/Objects/bytes_methods.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de87905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Objects/bytes_methods.c
@@ -0,0 +1,610 @@
+#include "Python.h"
+#include "bytes_methods.h"
+
+/* Our own locale-independent ctype.h-like macros */
+
+const unsigned int _Py_ctype_table[256] = {
+    0, /* 0x0 '\x00' */
+    0, /* 0x1 '\x01' */
+    0, /* 0x2 '\x02' */
+    0, /* 0x3 '\x03' */
+    0, /* 0x4 '\x04' */
+    0, /* 0x5 '\x05' */
+    0, /* 0x6 '\x06' */
+    0, /* 0x7 '\x07' */
+    0, /* 0x8 '\x08' */
+    FLAG_SPACE, /* 0x9 '\t' */
+    FLAG_SPACE, /* 0xa '\n' */
+    FLAG_SPACE, /* 0xb '\v' */
+    FLAG_SPACE, /* 0xc '\f' */
+    FLAG_SPACE, /* 0xd '\r' */
+    0, /* 0xe '\x0e' */
+    0, /* 0xf '\x0f' */
+    0, /* 0x10 '\x10' */
+    0, /* 0x11 '\x11' */
+    0, /* 0x12 '\x12' */
+    0, /* 0x13 '\x13' */
+    0, /* 0x14 '\x14' */
+    0, /* 0x15 '\x15' */
+    0, /* 0x16 '\x16' */
+    0, /* 0x17 '\x17' */
+    0, /* 0x18 '\x18' */
+    0, /* 0x19 '\x19' */
+    0, /* 0x1a '\x1a' */
+    0, /* 0x1b '\x1b' */
+    0, /* 0x1c '\x1c' */
+    0, /* 0x1d '\x1d' */
+    0, /* 0x1e '\x1e' */
+    0, /* 0x1f '\x1f' */
+    FLAG_SPACE, /* 0x20 ' ' */
+    0, /* 0x21 '!' */
+    0, /* 0x22 '"' */
+    0, /* 0x23 '#' */
+    0, /* 0x24 '$' */
+    0, /* 0x25 '%' */
+    0, /* 0x26 '&' */
+    0, /* 0x27 "'" */
+    0, /* 0x28 '(' */
+    0, /* 0x29 ')' */
+    0, /* 0x2a '*' */
+    0, /* 0x2b '+' */
+    0, /* 0x2c ',' */
+    0, /* 0x2d '-' */
+    0, /* 0x2e '.' */
+    0, /* 0x2f '/' */
+    FLAG_DIGIT|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x30 '0' */
+    FLAG_DIGIT|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x31 '1' */
+    FLAG_DIGIT|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x32 '2' */
+    FLAG_DIGIT|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x33 '3' */
+    FLAG_DIGIT|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x34 '4' */
+    FLAG_DIGIT|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x35 '5' */
+    FLAG_DIGIT|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x36 '6' */
+    FLAG_DIGIT|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x37 '7' */
+    FLAG_DIGIT|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x38 '8' */
+    FLAG_DIGIT|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x39 '9' */
+    0, /* 0x3a ':' */
+    0, /* 0x3b ';' */
+    0, /* 0x3c '<' */
+    0, /* 0x3d '=' */
+    0, /* 0x3e '>' */
+    0, /* 0x3f '?' */
+    0, /* 0x40 '@' */
+    FLAG_UPPER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x41 'A' */
+    FLAG_UPPER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x42 'B' */
+    FLAG_UPPER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x43 'C' */
+    FLAG_UPPER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x44 'D' */
+    FLAG_UPPER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x45 'E' */
+    FLAG_UPPER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x46 'F' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x47 'G' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x48 'H' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x49 'I' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x4a 'J' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x4b 'K' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x4c 'L' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x4d 'M' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x4e 'N' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x4f 'O' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x50 'P' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x51 'Q' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x52 'R' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x53 'S' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x54 'T' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x55 'U' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x56 'V' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x57 'W' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x58 'X' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x59 'Y' */
+    FLAG_UPPER, /* 0x5a 'Z' */
+    0, /* 0x5b '[' */
+    0, /* 0x5c '\\' */
+    0, /* 0x5d ']' */
+    0, /* 0x5e '^' */
+    0, /* 0x5f '_' */
+    0, /* 0x60 '`' */
+    FLAG_LOWER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x61 'a' */
+    FLAG_LOWER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x62 'b' */
+    FLAG_LOWER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x63 'c' */
+    FLAG_LOWER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x64 'd' */
+    FLAG_LOWER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x65 'e' */
+    FLAG_LOWER|FLAG_XDIGIT, /* 0x66 'f' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x67 'g' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x68 'h' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x69 'i' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x6a 'j' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x6b 'k' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x6c 'l' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x6d 'm' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x6e 'n' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x6f 'o' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x70 'p' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x71 'q' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x72 'r' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x73 's' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x74 't' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x75 'u' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x76 'v' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x77 'w' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x78 'x' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x79 'y' */
+    FLAG_LOWER, /* 0x7a 'z' */
+    0, /* 0x7b '{' */
+    0, /* 0x7c '|' */
+    0, /* 0x7d '}' */
+    0, /* 0x7e '~' */
+    0, /* 0x7f '\x7f' */
+    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+};
+
+
+const unsigned char _Py_ctype_tolower[256] = {
+    0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
+    0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f,
+    0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17,
+    0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f,
+    0x20, 0x21, 0x22, 0x23, 0x24, 0x25, 0x26, 0x27,
+    0x28, 0x29, 0x2a, 0x2b, 0x2c, 0x2d, 0x2e, 0x2f,
+    0x30, 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37,
+    0x38, 0x39, 0x3a, 0x3b, 0x3c, 0x3d, 0x3e, 0x3f,
+    0x40, 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x65, 0x66, 0x67,
+    0x68, 0x69, 0x6a, 0x6b, 0x6c, 0x6d, 0x6e, 0x6f,
+    0x70, 0x71, 0x72, 0x73, 0x74, 0x75, 0x76, 0x77,
+    0x78, 0x79, 0x7a, 0x5b, 0x5c, 0x5d, 0x5e, 0x5f,
+    0x60, 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x65, 0x66, 0x67,
+    0x68, 0x69, 0x6a, 0x6b, 0x6c, 0x6d, 0x6e, 0x6f,
+    0x70, 0x71, 0x72, 0x73, 0x74, 0x75, 0x76, 0x77,
+    0x78, 0x79, 0x7a, 0x7b, 0x7c, 0x7d, 0x7e, 0x7f,
+    0x80, 0x81, 0x82, 0x83, 0x84, 0x85, 0x86, 0x87,
+    0x88, 0x89, 0x8a, 0x8b, 0x8c, 0x8d, 0x8e, 0x8f,
+    0x90, 0x91, 0x92, 0x93, 0x94, 0x95, 0x96, 0x97,
+    0x98, 0x99, 0x9a, 0x9b, 0x9c, 0x9d, 0x9e, 0x9f,
+    0xa0, 0xa1, 0xa2, 0xa3, 0xa4, 0xa5, 0xa6, 0xa7,
+    0xa8, 0xa9, 0xaa, 0xab, 0xac, 0xad, 0xae, 0xaf,
+    0xb0, 0xb1, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0xb4, 0xb5, 0xb6, 0xb7,
+    0xb8, 0xb9, 0xba, 0xbb, 0xbc, 0xbd, 0xbe, 0xbf,
+    0xc0, 0xc1, 0xc2, 0xc3, 0xc4, 0xc5, 0xc6, 0xc7,
+    0xc8, 0xc9, 0xca, 0xcb, 0xcc, 0xcd, 0xce, 0xcf,
+    0xd0, 0xd1, 0xd2, 0xd3, 0xd4, 0xd5, 0xd6, 0xd7,
+    0xd8, 0xd9, 0xda, 0xdb, 0xdc, 0xdd, 0xde, 0xdf,
+    0xe0, 0xe1, 0xe2, 0xe3, 0xe4, 0xe5, 0xe6, 0xe7,
+    0xe8, 0xe9, 0xea, 0xeb, 0xec, 0xed, 0xee, 0xef,
+    0xf0, 0xf1, 0xf2, 0xf3, 0xf4, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0xf7,
+    0xf8, 0xf9, 0xfa, 0xfb, 0xfc, 0xfd, 0xfe, 0xff,
+};
+
+const unsigned char _Py_ctype_toupper[256] = {
+    0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
+    0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f,
+    0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17,
+    0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f,
+    0x20, 0x21, 0x22, 0x23, 0x24, 0x25, 0x26, 0x27,
+    0x28, 0x29, 0x2a, 0x2b, 0x2c, 0x2d, 0x2e, 0x2f,
+    0x30, 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37,
+    0x38, 0x39, 0x3a, 0x3b, 0x3c, 0x3d, 0x3e, 0x3f,
+    0x40, 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x44, 0x45, 0x46, 0x47,
+    0x48, 0x49, 0x4a, 0x4b, 0x4c, 0x4d, 0x4e, 0x4f,
+    0x50, 0x51, 0x52, 0x53, 0x54, 0x55, 0x56, 0x57,
+    0x58, 0x59, 0x5a, 0x5b, 0x5c, 0x5d, 0x5e, 0x5f,
+    0x60, 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x44, 0x45, 0x46, 0x47,
+    0x48, 0x49, 0x4a, 0x4b, 0x4c, 0x4d, 0x4e, 0x4f,
+    0x50, 0x51, 0x52, 0x53, 0x54, 0x55, 0x56, 0x57,
+    0x58, 0x59, 0x5a, 0x7b, 0x7c, 0x7d, 0x7e, 0x7f,
+    0x80, 0x81, 0x82, 0x83, 0x84, 0x85, 0x86, 0x87,
+    0x88, 0x89, 0x8a, 0x8b, 0x8c, 0x8d, 0x8e, 0x8f,
+    0x90, 0x91, 0x92, 0x93, 0x94, 0x95, 0x96, 0x97,
+    0x98, 0x99, 0x9a, 0x9b, 0x9c, 0x9d, 0x9e, 0x9f,
+    0xa0, 0xa1, 0xa2, 0xa3, 0xa4, 0xa5, 0xa6, 0xa7,
+    0xa8, 0xa9, 0xaa, 0xab, 0xac, 0xad, 0xae, 0xaf,
+    0xb0, 0xb1, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0xb4, 0xb5, 0xb6, 0xb7,
+    0xb8, 0xb9, 0xba, 0xbb, 0xbc, 0xbd, 0xbe, 0xbf,
+    0xc0, 0xc1, 0xc2, 0xc3, 0xc4, 0xc5, 0xc6, 0xc7,
+    0xc8, 0xc9, 0xca, 0xcb, 0xcc, 0xcd, 0xce, 0xcf,
+    0xd0, 0xd1, 0xd2, 0xd3, 0xd4, 0xd5, 0xd6, 0xd7,
+    0xd8, 0xd9, 0xda, 0xdb, 0xdc, 0xdd, 0xde, 0xdf,
+    0xe0, 0xe1, 0xe2, 0xe3, 0xe4, 0xe5, 0xe6, 0xe7,
+    0xe8, 0xe9, 0xea, 0xeb, 0xec, 0xed, 0xee, 0xef,
+    0xf0, 0xf1, 0xf2, 0xf3, 0xf4, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0xf7,
+    0xf8, 0xf9, 0xfa, 0xfb, 0xfc, 0xfd, 0xfe, 0xff,
+};
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_isspace__doc__,
+"B.isspace() -> bool\n\
+\n\
+Return True if all characters in B are whitespace\n\
+and there is at least one character in B, False otherwise.");
+
+PyObject*
+_Py_bytes_isspace(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+    register const unsigned char *p
+        = (unsigned char *) cptr;
+    register const unsigned char *e;
+
+    /* Shortcut for single character strings */
+    if (len == 1 && ISSPACE(*p))
+        Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+
+    /* Special case for empty strings */
+    if (len == 0)
+        Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+
+    e = p + len;
+    for (; p < e; p++) {
+	if (!ISSPACE(*p))
+            Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+    }
+    Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_isalpha__doc__,
+"B.isalpha() -> bool\n\
+\n\
+Return True if all characters in B are alphabetic\n\
+and there is at least one character in B, False otherwise.");
+
+PyObject*
+_Py_bytes_isalpha(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+    register const unsigned char *p
+        = (unsigned char *) cptr;
+    register const unsigned char *e;
+
+    /* Shortcut for single character strings */
+    if (len == 1 && ISALPHA(*p))
+	Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+
+    /* Special case for empty strings */
+    if (len == 0)
+	Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+
+    e = p + len;
+    for (; p < e; p++) {
+	if (!ISALPHA(*p))
+	    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+    }
+    Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_isalnum__doc__,
+"B.isalnum() -> bool\n\
+\n\
+Return True if all characters in B are alphanumeric\n\
+and there is at least one character in B, False otherwise.");
+
+PyObject*
+_Py_bytes_isalnum(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+    register const unsigned char *p
+        = (unsigned char *) cptr;
+    register const unsigned char *e;
+
+    /* Shortcut for single character strings */
+    if (len == 1 && ISALNUM(*p))
+	Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+
+    /* Special case for empty strings */
+    if (len == 0)
+	Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+
+    e = p + len;
+    for (; p < e; p++) {
+	if (!ISALNUM(*p))
+	    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+    }
+    Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_isdigit__doc__,
+"B.isdigit() -> bool\n\
+\n\
+Return True if all characters in B are digits\n\
+and there is at least one character in B, False otherwise.");
+
+PyObject*
+_Py_bytes_isdigit(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+    register const unsigned char *p
+        = (unsigned char *) cptr;
+    register const unsigned char *e;
+
+    /* Shortcut for single character strings */
+    if (len == 1 && ISDIGIT(*p))
+	Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+
+    /* Special case for empty strings */
+    if (len == 0)
+	Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+
+    e = p + len;
+    for (; p < e; p++) {
+	if (!ISDIGIT(*p))
+	    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+    }
+    Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_islower__doc__,
+"B.islower() -> bool\n\
+\n\
+Return True if all cased characters in B are lowercase and there is\n\
+at least one cased character in B, False otherwise.");
+
+PyObject*
+_Py_bytes_islower(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+    register const unsigned char *p
+        = (unsigned char *) cptr;
+    register const unsigned char *e;
+    int cased;
+
+    /* Shortcut for single character strings */
+    if (len == 1)
+	return PyBool_FromLong(ISLOWER(*p));
+
+    /* Special case for empty strings */
+    if (len == 0)
+	Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+
+    e = p + len;
+    cased = 0;
+    for (; p < e; p++) {
+	if (ISUPPER(*p))
+	    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+	else if (!cased && ISLOWER(*p))
+	    cased = 1;
+    }
+    return PyBool_FromLong(cased);
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_isupper__doc__,
+"B.isupper() -> bool\n\
+\n\
+Return True if all cased characters in B are uppercase and there is\n\
+at least one cased character in B, False otherwise.");
+
+PyObject*
+_Py_bytes_isupper(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+    register const unsigned char *p
+        = (unsigned char *) cptr;
+    register const unsigned char *e;
+    int cased;
+
+    /* Shortcut for single character strings */
+    if (len == 1)
+	return PyBool_FromLong(ISUPPER(*p));
+
+    /* Special case for empty strings */
+    if (len == 0)
+	Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+
+    e = p + len;
+    cased = 0;
+    for (; p < e; p++) {
+	if (ISLOWER(*p))
+	    Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+	else if (!cased && ISUPPER(*p))
+	    cased = 1;
+    }
+    return PyBool_FromLong(cased);
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_istitle__doc__,
+"B.istitle() -> bool\n\
+\n\
+Return True if B is a titlecased string and there is at least one\n\
+character in B, i.e. uppercase characters may only follow uncased\n\
+characters and lowercase characters only cased ones. Return False\n\
+otherwise.");
+
+PyObject*
+_Py_bytes_istitle(const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+    register const unsigned char *p
+        = (unsigned char *) cptr;
+    register const unsigned char *e;
+    int cased, previous_is_cased;
+
+    /* Shortcut for single character strings */
+    if (len == 1)
+	return PyBool_FromLong(ISUPPER(*p));
+
+    /* Special case for empty strings */
+    if (len == 0)
+	Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+
+    e = p + len;
+    cased = 0;
+    previous_is_cased = 0;
+    for (; p < e; p++) {
+	register const unsigned char ch = *p;
+
+	if (ISUPPER(ch)) {
+	    if (previous_is_cased)
+		Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+	    previous_is_cased = 1;
+	    cased = 1;
+	}
+	else if (ISLOWER(ch)) {
+	    if (!previous_is_cased)
+		Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+	    previous_is_cased = 1;
+	    cased = 1;
+	}
+	else
+	    previous_is_cased = 0;
+    }
+    return PyBool_FromLong(cased);
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_lower__doc__,
+"B.lower() -> copy of B\n\
+\n\
+Return a copy of B with all ASCII characters converted to lowercase.");
+
+void
+_Py_bytes_lower(char *result, const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+	Py_ssize_t i;
+
+        /*
+	newobj = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, len);
+	if (!newobj)
+		return NULL;
+
+	s = PyString_AS_STRING(newobj);
+        */
+
+	Py_MEMCPY(result, cptr, len);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		int c = Py_CHARMASK(result[i]);
+		if (ISUPPER(c))
+			result[i] = TOLOWER(c);
+	}
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_upper__doc__,
+"B.upper() -> copy of B\n\
+\n\
+Return a copy of B with all ASCII characters converted to uppercase.");
+
+void
+_Py_bytes_upper(char *result, const char *cptr, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+	Py_ssize_t i;
+
+        /*
+	newobj = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, len);
+	if (!newobj)
+		return NULL;
+
+	s = PyString_AS_STRING(newobj);
+        */
+
+	Py_MEMCPY(result, cptr, len);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		int c = Py_CHARMASK(result[i]);
+		if (ISLOWER(c))
+			result[i] = TOUPPER(c);
+	}
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_title__doc__,
+"B.title() -> copy of B\n\
+\n\
+Return a titlecased version of B, i.e. ASCII words start with uppercase\n\
+characters, all remaining cased characters have lowercase.");
+
+void
+_Py_bytes_title(char *result, char *s, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+	Py_ssize_t i;
+	int previous_is_cased = 0;
+
+        /*
+	newobj = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, len);
+	if (newobj == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	s_new = PyString_AsString(newobj);
+        */
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		int c = Py_CHARMASK(*s++);
+		if (ISLOWER(c)) {
+			if (!previous_is_cased)
+			    c = TOUPPER(c);
+			previous_is_cased = 1;
+		} else if (ISUPPER(c)) {
+			if (previous_is_cased)
+			    c = TOLOWER(c);
+			previous_is_cased = 1;
+		} else
+			previous_is_cased = 0;
+		*result++ = c;
+	}
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_capitalize__doc__,
+"B.capitalize() -> copy of B\n\
+\n\
+Return a copy of B with only its first character capitalized (ASCII).");
+
+void
+_Py_bytes_capitalize(char *result, char *s, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+	Py_ssize_t i;
+
+        /*
+	newobj = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, len);
+	if (newobj == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	s_new = PyString_AsString(newobj);
+        */
+	if (0 < len) {
+		int c = Py_CHARMASK(*s++);
+		if (ISLOWER(c))
+			*result = TOUPPER(c);
+		else
+			*result = c;
+		result++;
+	}
+	for (i = 1; i < len; i++) {
+		int c = Py_CHARMASK(*s++);
+		if (ISUPPER(c))
+			*result = TOLOWER(c);
+		else
+			*result = c;
+		result++;
+	}
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR_shared(_Py_swapcase__doc__,
+"B.swapcase() -> copy of B\n\
+\n\
+Return a copy of B with uppercase ASCII characters converted\n\
+to lowercase ASCII and vice versa.");
+
+void
+_Py_bytes_swapcase(char *result, char *s, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+	Py_ssize_t i;
+
+        /*
+	newobj = PyString_FromStringAndSize(NULL, len);
+	if (newobj == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	s_new = PyString_AsString(newobj);
+        */
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		int c = Py_CHARMASK(*s++);
+		if (ISLOWER(c)) {
+			*result = TOUPPER(c);
+		}
+		else if (ISUPPER(c)) {
+			*result = TOLOWER(c);
+		}
+		else
+			*result = c;
+		result++;
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86d58e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3374 @@
+/* PyBytes (bytearray) implementation */
+
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
+#include "Python.h"
+#include "structmember.h"
+#include "bytes_methods.h"
+
+static PyBytesObject *nullbytes = NULL;
+
+void
+PyBytes_Fini(void)
+{
+    Py_CLEAR(nullbytes);
+}
+
+int
+PyBytes_Init(void)
+{
+    nullbytes = PyObject_New(PyBytesObject, &PyBytes_Type);
+    if (nullbytes == NULL)
+        return 0;
+    nullbytes->ob_bytes = NULL;
+    Py_SIZE(nullbytes) = nullbytes->ob_alloc = 0;
+    nullbytes->ob_exports = 0;
+    return 1;
+}
+
+/* end nullbytes support */
+
+/* Helpers */
+
+static int
+_getbytevalue(PyObject* arg, int *value)
+{
+    long face_value;
+
+    if (PyInt_Check(arg)) {
+        face_value = PyInt_AsLong(arg);
+        if (face_value < 0 || face_value >= 256) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "byte must be in range(0, 256)");
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (PyString_CheckExact(arg)) {
+        if (Py_SIZE(arg) != 1) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "string must be of size 1");
+            return 0;
+        }
+        face_value = Py_CHARMASK(((PyStringObject*)arg)->ob_sval[0]);
+    }
+    else {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "an integer or string of size 1 is required");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    *value = face_value;
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static Py_ssize_t
+bytes_buffer_getreadbuf(PyBytesObject *self, Py_ssize_t index, const void **ptr)
+{
+    if ( index != 0 ) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError,
+                "accessing non-existent bytes segment");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    *ptr = (void *)self->ob_bytes;
+    return Py_SIZE(self);
+}
+
+static Py_ssize_t
+bytes_buffer_getwritebuf(PyBytesObject *self, Py_ssize_t index, const void **ptr)
+{
+    if ( index != 0 ) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError,
+                "accessing non-existent bytes segment");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    *ptr = (void *)self->ob_bytes;
+    return Py_SIZE(self);
+}
+
+static Py_ssize_t
+bytes_buffer_getsegcount(PyBytesObject *self, Py_ssize_t *lenp)
+{
+    if ( lenp )
+        *lenp = Py_SIZE(self);
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static Py_ssize_t
+bytes_buffer_getcharbuf(PyBytesObject *self, Py_ssize_t index, const char **ptr)
+{
+    if ( index != 0 ) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError,
+                "accessing non-existent bytes segment");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    *ptr = self->ob_bytes;
+    return Py_SIZE(self);
+}
+
+static int
+bytes_getbuffer(PyBytesObject *obj, Py_buffer *view, int flags)
+{
+        int ret;
+        void *ptr;
+        if (view == NULL) {
+                obj->ob_exports++;
+                return 0;
+        }
+        if (obj->ob_bytes == NULL)
+                ptr = "";
+        else
+                ptr = obj->ob_bytes;
+        ret = PyBuffer_FillInfo(view, ptr, Py_SIZE(obj), 0, flags);
+        if (ret >= 0) {
+                obj->ob_exports++;
+        }
+        return ret;
+}
+
+static void
+bytes_releasebuffer(PyBytesObject *obj, Py_buffer *view)
+{
+        obj->ob_exports--;
+}
+
+static Py_ssize_t
+_getbuffer(PyObject *obj, Py_buffer *view)
+{
+    PyBufferProcs *buffer = Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_as_buffer;
+
+    if (buffer == NULL || buffer->bf_getbuffer == NULL)
+    {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "Type %.100s doesn't support the buffer API",
+                     Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_name);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (buffer->bf_getbuffer(obj, view, PyBUF_SIMPLE) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    return view->len;
+}
+
+/* Direct API functions */
+
+PyObject *
+PyBytes_FromObject(PyObject *input)
+{
+    return PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs((PyObject *)&PyBytes_Type,
+                                        input, NULL);
+}
+
+PyObject *
+PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(const char *bytes, Py_ssize_t size)
+{
+    PyBytesObject *new;
+    Py_ssize_t alloc;
+
+    assert(size >= 0);
+
+    new = PyObject_New(PyBytesObject, &PyBytes_Type);
+    if (new == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (size == 0) {
+        new->ob_bytes = NULL;
+        alloc = 0;
+    }
+    else {
+        alloc = size + 1;
+        new->ob_bytes = PyMem_Malloc(alloc);
+        if (new->ob_bytes == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(new);
+            return PyErr_NoMemory();
+        }
+        if (bytes != NULL)
+            memcpy(new->ob_bytes, bytes, size);
+        new->ob_bytes[size] = '\0';  /* Trailing null byte */
+    }
+    Py_SIZE(new) = size;
+    new->ob_alloc = alloc;
+    new->ob_exports = 0;
+
+    return (PyObject *)new;
+}
+
+Py_ssize_t
+PyBytes_Size(PyObject *self)
+{
+    assert(self != NULL);
+    assert(PyBytes_Check(self));
+
+    return PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+}
+
+char  *
+PyBytes_AsString(PyObject *self)
+{
+    assert(self != NULL);
+    assert(PyBytes_Check(self));
+
+    return PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+}
+
+int
+PyBytes_Resize(PyObject *self, Py_ssize_t size)
+{
+    void *sval;
+    Py_ssize_t alloc = ((PyBytesObject *)self)->ob_alloc;
+
+    assert(self != NULL);
+    assert(PyBytes_Check(self));
+    assert(size >= 0);
+
+    if (size < alloc / 2) {
+        /* Major downsize; resize down to exact size */
+        alloc = size + 1;
+    }
+    else if (size < alloc) {
+        /* Within allocated size; quick exit */
+        Py_SIZE(self) = size;
+        ((PyBytesObject *)self)->ob_bytes[size] = '\0'; /* Trailing null */
+        return 0;
+    }
+    else if (size <= alloc * 1.125) {
+        /* Moderate upsize; overallocate similar to list_resize() */
+        alloc = size + (size >> 3) + (size < 9 ? 3 : 6);
+    }
+    else {
+        /* Major upsize; resize up to exact size */
+        alloc = size + 1;
+    }
+
+    if (((PyBytesObject *)self)->ob_exports > 0) {
+            /*
+            fprintf(stderr, "%d: %s", ((PyBytesObject *)self)->ob_exports,
+                    ((PyBytesObject *)self)->ob_bytes);
+            */
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_BufferError,
+                    "Existing exports of data: object cannot be re-sized");
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    sval = PyMem_Realloc(((PyBytesObject *)self)->ob_bytes, alloc);
+    if (sval == NULL) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    ((PyBytesObject *)self)->ob_bytes = sval;
+    Py_SIZE(self) = size;
+    ((PyBytesObject *)self)->ob_alloc = alloc;
+    ((PyBytesObject *)self)->ob_bytes[size] = '\0'; /* Trailing null byte */
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+PyObject *
+PyBytes_Concat(PyObject *a, PyObject *b)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    Py_buffer va, vb;
+    PyBytesObject *result = NULL;
+
+    va.len = -1;
+    vb.len = -1;
+    if (_getbuffer(a, &va) < 0  ||
+        _getbuffer(b, &vb) < 0) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "can't concat %.100s to %.100s",
+                         Py_TYPE(a)->tp_name, Py_TYPE(b)->tp_name);
+            goto done;
+    }
+
+    size = va.len + vb.len;
+    if (size < 0) {
+            return PyErr_NoMemory();
+            goto done;
+    }
+
+    result = (PyBytesObject *) PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size);
+    if (result != NULL) {
+        memcpy(result->ob_bytes, va.buf, va.len);
+        memcpy(result->ob_bytes + va.len, vb.buf, vb.len);
+    }
+
+  done:
+    if (va.len != -1)
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(a, &va);
+    if (vb.len != -1)
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(b, &vb);
+    return (PyObject *)result;
+}
+
+/* Functions stuffed into the type object */
+
+static Py_ssize_t
+bytes_length(PyBytesObject *self)
+{
+    return Py_SIZE(self);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_iconcat(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *other)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t mysize;
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    Py_buffer vo;
+
+    if (_getbuffer(other, &vo) < 0) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "can't concat bytes to %.100s",
+                     Py_TYPE(self)->tp_name);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    mysize = Py_SIZE(self);
+    size = mysize + vo.len;
+    if (size < 0) {
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(other, &vo);
+        return PyErr_NoMemory();
+    }
+    if (size < self->ob_alloc) {
+        Py_SIZE(self) = size;
+        self->ob_bytes[Py_SIZE(self)] = '\0'; /* Trailing null byte */
+    }
+    else if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self, size) < 0) {
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(other, &vo);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    memcpy(self->ob_bytes + mysize, vo.buf, vo.len);
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(other, &vo);
+    Py_INCREF(self);
+    return (PyObject *)self;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_repeat(PyBytesObject *self, Py_ssize_t count)
+{
+    PyBytesObject *result;
+    Py_ssize_t mysize;
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+
+    if (count < 0)
+        count = 0;
+    mysize = Py_SIZE(self);
+    size = mysize * count;
+    if (count != 0 && size / count != mysize)
+        return PyErr_NoMemory();
+    result = (PyBytesObject *)PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size);
+    if (result != NULL && size != 0) {
+        if (mysize == 1)
+            memset(result->ob_bytes, self->ob_bytes[0], size);
+        else {
+            Py_ssize_t i;
+            for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+                memcpy(result->ob_bytes + i*mysize, self->ob_bytes, mysize);
+        }
+    }
+    return (PyObject *)result;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_irepeat(PyBytesObject *self, Py_ssize_t count)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t mysize;
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+
+    if (count < 0)
+        count = 0;
+    mysize = Py_SIZE(self);
+    size = mysize * count;
+    if (count != 0 && size / count != mysize)
+        return PyErr_NoMemory();
+    if (size < self->ob_alloc) {
+        Py_SIZE(self) = size;
+        self->ob_bytes[Py_SIZE(self)] = '\0'; /* Trailing null byte */
+    }
+    else if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self, size) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (mysize == 1)
+        memset(self->ob_bytes, self->ob_bytes[0], size);
+    else {
+        Py_ssize_t i;
+        for (i = 1; i < count; i++)
+            memcpy(self->ob_bytes + i*mysize, self->ob_bytes, mysize);
+    }
+
+    Py_INCREF(self);
+    return (PyObject *)self;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_getitem(PyBytesObject *self, Py_ssize_t i)
+{
+    if (i < 0)
+        i += Py_SIZE(self);
+    if (i < 0 || i >= Py_SIZE(self)) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "bytearray index out of range");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyInt_FromLong((unsigned char)(self->ob_bytes[i]));
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_subscript(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *item)
+{
+    if (PyIndex_Check(item)) {
+        Py_ssize_t i = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(item, PyExc_IndexError);
+
+        if (i == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+            return NULL;
+
+        if (i < 0)
+            i += PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+
+        if (i < 0 || i >= Py_SIZE(self)) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "bytearray index out of range");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        return PyInt_FromLong((unsigned char)(self->ob_bytes[i]));
+    }
+    else if (PySlice_Check(item)) {
+        Py_ssize_t start, stop, step, slicelength, cur, i;
+        if (PySlice_GetIndicesEx((PySliceObject *)item,
+                                 PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self),
+                                 &start, &stop, &step, &slicelength) < 0) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (slicelength <= 0)
+            return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize("", 0);
+        else if (step == 1) {
+            return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(self->ob_bytes + start,
+                                             slicelength);
+        }
+        else {
+            char *source_buf = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+            char *result_buf = (char *)PyMem_Malloc(slicelength);
+            PyObject *result;
+
+            if (result_buf == NULL)
+                return PyErr_NoMemory();
+
+            for (cur = start, i = 0; i < slicelength;
+                 cur += step, i++) {
+                     result_buf[i] = source_buf[cur];
+            }
+            result = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(result_buf, slicelength);
+            PyMem_Free(result_buf);
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "bytearray indices must be integers");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static int
+bytes_setslice(PyBytesObject *self, Py_ssize_t lo, Py_ssize_t hi,
+               PyObject *values)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t avail, needed;
+    void *bytes;
+    Py_buffer vbytes;
+    int res = 0;
+
+    vbytes.len = -1;
+    if (values == (PyObject *)self) {
+        /* Make a copy and call this function recursively */
+        int err;
+        values = PyBytes_FromObject(values);
+        if (values == NULL)
+            return -1;
+        err = bytes_setslice(self, lo, hi, values);
+        Py_DECREF(values);
+        return err;
+    }
+    if (values == NULL) {
+        /* del b[lo:hi] */
+        bytes = NULL;
+        needed = 0;
+    }
+    else {
+            if (_getbuffer(values, &vbytes) < 0) {
+                    PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                                 "can't set bytes slice from %.100s",
+                                 Py_TYPE(values)->tp_name);
+                    return -1;
+            }
+            needed = vbytes.len;
+            bytes = vbytes.buf;
+    }
+
+    if (lo < 0)
+        lo = 0;
+    if (hi < lo)
+        hi = lo;
+    if (hi > Py_SIZE(self))
+        hi = Py_SIZE(self);
+
+    avail = hi - lo;
+    if (avail < 0)
+        lo = hi = avail = 0;
+
+    if (avail != needed) {
+        if (avail > needed) {
+            /*
+              0   lo               hi               old_size
+              |   |<----avail----->|<-----tomove------>|
+              |   |<-needed->|<-----tomove------>|
+              0   lo      new_hi              new_size
+            */
+            memmove(self->ob_bytes + lo + needed, self->ob_bytes + hi,
+                    Py_SIZE(self) - hi);
+        }
+        /* XXX(nnorwitz): need to verify this can't overflow! */
+        if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self,
+                           Py_SIZE(self) + needed - avail) < 0) {
+                res = -1;
+                goto finish;
+        }
+        if (avail < needed) {
+            /*
+              0   lo        hi               old_size
+              |   |<-avail->|<-----tomove------>|
+              |   |<----needed---->|<-----tomove------>|
+              0   lo            new_hi              new_size
+             */
+            memmove(self->ob_bytes + lo + needed, self->ob_bytes + hi,
+                    Py_SIZE(self) - lo - needed);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (needed > 0)
+        memcpy(self->ob_bytes + lo, bytes, needed);
+
+
+ finish:
+    if (vbytes.len != -1)
+            PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(values, &vbytes);
+    return res;
+}
+
+static int
+bytes_setitem(PyBytesObject *self, Py_ssize_t i, PyObject *value)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t ival;
+
+    if (i < 0)
+        i += Py_SIZE(self);
+
+    if (i < 0 || i >= Py_SIZE(self)) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "bytearray index out of range");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (value == NULL)
+        return bytes_setslice(self, i, i+1, NULL);
+
+    if (!_getbytevalue(value, &ival))
+        return -1;
+#if 0
+    ival = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(value, PyExc_ValueError);
+    if (ival == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+        return -1;
+
+    if (ival < 0 || ival >= 256) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "byte must be in range(0, 256)");
+        return -1;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    self->ob_bytes[i] = ival;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+bytes_ass_subscript(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *item, PyObject *values)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t start, stop, step, slicelen, needed;
+    char *bytes;
+
+    if (PyIndex_Check(item)) {
+        Py_ssize_t i = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(item, PyExc_IndexError);
+
+        if (i == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+            return -1;
+
+        if (i < 0)
+            i += PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+
+        if (i < 0 || i >= Py_SIZE(self)) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "bytearray index out of range");
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (values == NULL) {
+            /* Fall through to slice assignment */
+            start = i;
+            stop = i + 1;
+            step = 1;
+            slicelen = 1;
+        }
+        else {
+            Py_ssize_t ival = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(values, PyExc_ValueError);
+            if (ival == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+                /* Also accept str of size 1 in 2.x */
+                PyErr_Clear();
+                if (!_getbytevalue(values, &ival))
+                    return -1;
+            }
+            if (ival < 0 || ival >= 256) {
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                                "byte must be in range(0, 256)");
+                return -1;
+            }
+            self->ob_bytes[i] = (char)ival;
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (PySlice_Check(item)) {
+        if (PySlice_GetIndicesEx((PySliceObject *)item,
+                                 PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self),
+                                 &start, &stop, &step, &slicelen) < 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "bytearray indices must be integer");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (values == NULL) {
+        bytes = NULL;
+        needed = 0;
+    }
+    else if (values == (PyObject *)self || !PyBytes_Check(values)) {
+        /* Make a copy an call this function recursively */
+        int err;
+        values = PyBytes_FromObject(values);
+        if (values == NULL)
+            return -1;
+        err = bytes_ass_subscript(self, item, values);
+        Py_DECREF(values);
+        return err;
+    }
+    else {
+        assert(PyBytes_Check(values));
+        bytes = ((PyBytesObject *)values)->ob_bytes;
+        needed = Py_SIZE(values);
+    }
+    /* Make sure b[5:2] = ... inserts before 5, not before 2. */
+    if ((step < 0 && start < stop) ||
+        (step > 0 && start > stop))
+        stop = start;
+    if (step == 1) {
+        if (slicelen != needed) {
+            if (slicelen > needed) {
+                /*
+                  0   start           stop              old_size
+                  |   |<---slicelen--->|<-----tomove------>|
+                  |   |<-needed->|<-----tomove------>|
+                  0   lo      new_hi              new_size
+                */
+                memmove(self->ob_bytes + start + needed, self->ob_bytes + stop,
+                        Py_SIZE(self) - stop);
+            }
+            if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self,
+                               Py_SIZE(self) + needed - slicelen) < 0)
+                return -1;
+            if (slicelen < needed) {
+                /*
+                  0   lo        hi               old_size
+                  |   |<-avail->|<-----tomove------>|
+                  |   |<----needed---->|<-----tomove------>|
+                  0   lo            new_hi              new_size
+                 */
+                memmove(self->ob_bytes + start + needed, self->ob_bytes + stop,
+                        Py_SIZE(self) - start - needed);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (needed > 0)
+            memcpy(self->ob_bytes + start, bytes, needed);
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+    else {
+        if (needed == 0) {
+            /* Delete slice */
+            Py_ssize_t cur, i;
+
+            if (step < 0) {
+                stop = start + 1;
+                start = stop + step * (slicelen - 1) - 1;
+                step = -step;
+            }
+            for (cur = start, i = 0;
+                 i < slicelen; cur += step, i++) {
+                Py_ssize_t lim = step - 1;
+
+                if (cur + step >= PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self))
+                    lim = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self) - cur - 1;
+
+                memmove(self->ob_bytes + cur - i,
+                        self->ob_bytes + cur + 1, lim);
+            }
+            /* Move the tail of the bytes, in one chunk */
+            cur = start + slicelen*step;
+            if (cur < PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self)) {
+                memmove(self->ob_bytes + cur - slicelen,
+                        self->ob_bytes + cur,
+                        PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self) - cur);
+            }
+            if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self,
+                               PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self) - slicelen) < 0)
+                return -1;
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else {
+            /* Assign slice */
+            Py_ssize_t cur, i;
+
+            if (needed != slicelen) {
+                PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
+                             "attempt to assign bytes of size %zd "
+                             "to extended slice of size %zd",
+                             needed, slicelen);
+                return -1;
+            }
+            for (cur = start, i = 0; i < slicelen; cur += step, i++)
+                self->ob_bytes[cur] = bytes[i];
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static int
+bytes_init(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"source", "encoding", "errors", 0};
+    PyObject *arg = NULL;
+    const char *encoding = NULL;
+    const char *errors = NULL;
+    Py_ssize_t count;
+    PyObject *it;
+    PyObject *(*iternext)(PyObject *);
+
+    if (Py_SIZE(self) != 0) {
+        /* Empty previous contents (yes, do this first of all!) */
+        if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self, 0) < 0)
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Parse arguments */
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|Oss:bytes", kwlist,
+                                     &arg, &encoding, &errors))
+        return -1;
+
+    /* Make a quick exit if no first argument */
+    if (arg == NULL) {
+        if (encoding != NULL || errors != NULL) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                            "encoding or errors without sequence argument");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (PyString_Check(arg)) {
+        PyObject *new, *encoded;
+        if (encoding != NULL) {
+            encoded = PyCodec_Encode(arg, encoding, errors);
+            if (encoded == NULL)
+                return -1;
+            assert(PyString_Check(encoded));
+        }
+        else {
+            encoded = arg;
+            Py_INCREF(arg);
+        }
+        new = bytes_iconcat(self, arg);
+        Py_DECREF(encoded);
+        if (new == NULL)
+            return -1;
+        Py_DECREF(new);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (PyUnicode_Check(arg)) {
+        /* Encode via the codec registry */
+        PyObject *encoded, *new;
+        if (encoding == NULL) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                            "unicode argument without an encoding");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        encoded = PyCodec_Encode(arg, encoding, errors);
+        if (encoded == NULL)
+            return -1;
+        assert(PyString_Check(encoded));
+        new = bytes_iconcat(self, encoded);
+        Py_DECREF(encoded);
+        if (new == NULL)
+            return -1;
+        Py_DECREF(new);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /* If it's not unicode, there can't be encoding or errors */
+    if (encoding != NULL || errors != NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                        "encoding or errors without a string argument");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Is it an int? */
+    count = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(arg, PyExc_ValueError);
+    if (count == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+        PyErr_Clear();
+    else {
+        if (count < 0) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "negative count");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (count > 0) {
+            if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self, count))
+                return -1;
+            memset(self->ob_bytes, 0, count);
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /* Use the buffer API */
+    if (PyObject_CheckBuffer(arg)) {
+        Py_ssize_t size;
+        Py_buffer view;
+        if (PyObject_GetBuffer(arg, &view, PyBUF_FULL_RO) < 0)
+            return -1;
+        size = view.len;
+        if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self, size) < 0) goto fail;
+        if (PyBuffer_ToContiguous(self->ob_bytes, &view, size, 'C') < 0)
+                goto fail;
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(arg, &view);
+        return 0;
+    fail:
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(arg, &view);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* XXX Optimize this if the arguments is a list, tuple */
+
+    /* Get the iterator */
+    it = PyObject_GetIter(arg);
+    if (it == NULL)
+        return -1;
+    iternext = *Py_TYPE(it)->tp_iternext;
+
+    /* Run the iterator to exhaustion */
+    for (;;) {
+        PyObject *item;
+        Py_ssize_t value;
+
+        /* Get the next item */
+        item = iternext(it);
+        if (item == NULL) {
+            if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+                if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopIteration))
+                    goto error;
+                PyErr_Clear();
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+
+        /* Interpret it as an int (__index__) */
+        value = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(item, PyExc_ValueError);
+        Py_DECREF(item);
+        if (value == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+            goto error;
+
+        /* Range check */
+        if (value < 0 || value >= 256) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                            "bytes must be in range(0, 256)");
+            goto error;
+        }
+
+        /* Append the byte */
+        if (Py_SIZE(self) < self->ob_alloc)
+            Py_SIZE(self)++;
+        else if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self, Py_SIZE(self)+1) < 0)
+            goto error;
+        self->ob_bytes[Py_SIZE(self)-1] = value;
+    }
+
+    /* Clean up and return success */
+    Py_DECREF(it);
+    return 0;
+
+ error:
+    /* Error handling when it != NULL */
+    Py_DECREF(it);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/* Mostly copied from string_repr, but without the
+   "smart quote" functionality. */
+static PyObject *
+bytes_repr(PyBytesObject *self)
+{
+    static const char *hexdigits = "0123456789abcdef";
+    const char *quote_prefix = "bytearray(b";
+    const char *quote_postfix = ")";
+    Py_ssize_t length = Py_SIZE(self);
+    /* 14 == strlen(quote_prefix) + 2 + strlen(quote_postfix) */
+    size_t newsize = 14 + 4 * length;
+    PyObject *v;
+    if (newsize > PY_SSIZE_T_MAX || newsize / 4 - 3 != length) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+            "bytearray object is too large to make repr");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    v = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(NULL, newsize);
+    if (v == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    else {
+        register Py_ssize_t i;
+        register Py_UNICODE c;
+        register Py_UNICODE *p;
+        int quote;
+
+        /* Figure out which quote to use; single is preferred */
+        quote = '\'';
+        {
+            char *test, *start;
+            start = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+            for (test = start; test < start+length; ++test) {
+                if (*test == '"') {
+                    quote = '\''; /* back to single */
+                    goto decided;
+                }
+                else if (*test == '\'')
+                    quote = '"';
+            }
+          decided:
+            ;
+        }
+
+        p = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(v);
+        while (*quote_prefix)
+            *p++ = *quote_prefix++;
+        *p++ = quote;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+            /* There's at least enough room for a hex escape
+               and a closing quote. */
+            assert(newsize - (p - PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(v)) >= 5);
+            c = self->ob_bytes[i];
+            if (c == '\'' || c == '\\')
+                *p++ = '\\', *p++ = c;
+            else if (c == '\t')
+                *p++ = '\\', *p++ = 't';
+            else if (c == '\n')
+                *p++ = '\\', *p++ = 'n';
+            else if (c == '\r')
+                *p++ = '\\', *p++ = 'r';
+            else if (c == 0)
+                *p++ = '\\', *p++ = 'x', *p++ = '0', *p++ = '0';
+            else if (c < ' ' || c >= 0x7f) {
+                *p++ = '\\';
+                *p++ = 'x';
+                *p++ = hexdigits[(c & 0xf0) >> 4];
+                *p++ = hexdigits[c & 0xf];
+            }
+            else
+                *p++ = c;
+        }
+        assert(newsize - (p - PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(v)) >= 1);
+        *p++ = quote;
+        while (*quote_postfix) {
+           *p++ = *quote_postfix++;
+        }
+        *p = '\0';
+        if (PyUnicode_Resize(&v, (p - PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(v)))) {
+            Py_DECREF(v);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        return v;
+    }
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_str(PyObject *op)
+{
+#if 0
+    if (Py_BytesWarningFlag) {
+        if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_BytesWarning,
+                 "str() on a bytearray instance", 1))
+            return NULL;
+    }
+    return bytes_repr((PyBytesObject*)op);
+#endif
+    return PyString_FromStringAndSize(((PyBytesObject*)op)->ob_bytes, Py_SIZE(op));
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t self_size, other_size;
+    Py_buffer self_bytes, other_bytes;
+    PyObject *res;
+    Py_ssize_t minsize;
+    int cmp;
+
+    /* Bytes can be compared to anything that supports the (binary)
+       buffer API.  Except that a comparison with Unicode is always an
+       error, even if the comparison is for equality. */
+    if (PyObject_IsInstance(self, (PyObject*)&PyUnicode_Type) ||
+        PyObject_IsInstance(other, (PyObject*)&PyUnicode_Type)) {
+        if (Py_BytesWarningFlag && op == Py_EQ) {
+            if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_BytesWarning,
+                            "Comparsion between bytearray and string", 1))
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
+        return Py_NotImplemented;
+    }
+
+    self_size = _getbuffer(self, &self_bytes);
+    if (self_size < 0) {
+        PyErr_Clear();
+        Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
+        return Py_NotImplemented;
+    }
+
+    other_size = _getbuffer(other, &other_bytes);
+    if (other_size < 0) {
+        PyErr_Clear();
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(self, &self_bytes);
+        Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
+        return Py_NotImplemented;
+    }
+
+    if (self_size != other_size && (op == Py_EQ || op == Py_NE)) {
+        /* Shortcut: if the lengths differ, the objects differ */
+        cmp = (op == Py_NE);
+    }
+    else {
+        minsize = self_size;
+        if (other_size < minsize)
+            minsize = other_size;
+
+        cmp = memcmp(self_bytes.buf, other_bytes.buf, minsize);
+        /* In ISO C, memcmp() guarantees to use unsigned bytes! */
+
+        if (cmp == 0) {
+            if (self_size < other_size)
+                cmp = -1;
+            else if (self_size > other_size)
+                cmp = 1;
+        }
+
+        switch (op) {
+        case Py_LT: cmp = cmp <  0; break;
+        case Py_LE: cmp = cmp <= 0; break;
+        case Py_EQ: cmp = cmp == 0; break;
+        case Py_NE: cmp = cmp != 0; break;
+        case Py_GT: cmp = cmp >  0; break;
+        case Py_GE: cmp = cmp >= 0; break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    res = cmp ? Py_True : Py_False;
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(self, &self_bytes);
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(other, &other_bytes);
+    Py_INCREF(res);
+    return res;
+}
+
+static void
+bytes_dealloc(PyBytesObject *self)
+{
+    if (self->ob_bytes != 0) {
+        PyMem_Free(self->ob_bytes);
+    }
+    Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject *)self);
+}
+
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* Methods */
+
+#define STRINGLIB_CHAR char
+#define STRINGLIB_CMP memcmp
+#define STRINGLIB_LEN PyBytes_GET_SIZE
+#define STRINGLIB_STR PyBytes_AS_STRING
+#define STRINGLIB_NEW PyBytes_FromStringAndSize
+#define STRINGLIB_EMPTY nullbytes
+#define STRINGLIB_CHECK_EXACT PyBytes_CheckExact
+#define STRINGLIB_MUTABLE 1
+
+#include "stringlib/fastsearch.h"
+#include "stringlib/count.h"
+#include "stringlib/find.h"
+#include "stringlib/partition.h"
+#include "stringlib/ctype.h"
+#include "stringlib/transmogrify.h"
+
+
+/* The following Py_LOCAL_INLINE and Py_LOCAL functions
+were copied from the old char* style string object. */
+
+Py_LOCAL_INLINE(void)
+_adjust_indices(Py_ssize_t *start, Py_ssize_t *end, Py_ssize_t len)
+{
+    if (*end > len)
+        *end = len;
+    else if (*end < 0)
+        *end += len;
+    if (*end < 0)
+        *end = 0;
+    if (*start < 0)
+        *start += len;
+    if (*start < 0)
+        *start = 0;
+}
+
+
+Py_LOCAL_INLINE(Py_ssize_t)
+bytes_find_internal(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args, int dir)
+{
+    PyObject *subobj;
+    Py_buffer subbuf;
+    Py_ssize_t start=0, end=PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
+    Py_ssize_t res;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O&O&:find/rfind/index/rindex", &subobj,
+        _PyEval_SliceIndex, &start, _PyEval_SliceIndex, &end))
+        return -2;
+    if (_getbuffer(subobj, &subbuf) < 0)
+        return -2;
+    if (dir > 0)
+        res = stringlib_find_slice(
+            PyBytes_AS_STRING(self), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self),
+            subbuf.buf, subbuf.len, start, end);
+    else
+        res = stringlib_rfind_slice(
+            PyBytes_AS_STRING(self), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self),
+            subbuf.buf, subbuf.len, start, end);
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(subobj, &subbuf);
+    return res;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(find__doc__,
+"B.find(sub [,start [,end]]) -> int\n\
+\n\
+Return the lowest index in B where subsection sub is found,\n\
+such that sub is contained within s[start,end].  Optional\n\
+arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.\n\
+\n\
+Return -1 on failure.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_find(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t result = bytes_find_internal(self, args, +1);
+    if (result == -2)
+        return NULL;
+    return PyInt_FromSsize_t(result);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(count__doc__,
+"B.count(sub [,start [,end]]) -> int\n\
+\n\
+Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of subsection sub in\n\
+bytes B[start:end].  Optional arguments start and end are interpreted\n\
+as in slice notation.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_count(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *sub_obj;
+    const char *str = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+    Py_ssize_t start = 0, end = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
+    Py_buffer vsub;
+    PyObject *count_obj;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O&O&:count", &sub_obj,
+        _PyEval_SliceIndex, &start, _PyEval_SliceIndex, &end))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (_getbuffer(sub_obj, &vsub) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    _adjust_indices(&start, &end, PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self));
+
+    count_obj = PyInt_FromSsize_t(
+        stringlib_count(str + start, end - start, vsub.buf, vsub.len)
+        );
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(sub_obj, &vsub);
+    return count_obj;
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(index__doc__,
+"B.index(sub [,start [,end]]) -> int\n\
+\n\
+Like B.find() but raise ValueError when the subsection is not found.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_index(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t result = bytes_find_internal(self, args, +1);
+    if (result == -2)
+        return NULL;
+    if (result == -1) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                        "subsection not found");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyInt_FromSsize_t(result);
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(rfind__doc__,
+"B.rfind(sub [,start [,end]]) -> int\n\
+\n\
+Return the highest index in B where subsection sub is found,\n\
+such that sub is contained within s[start,end].  Optional\n\
+arguments start and end are interpreted as in slice notation.\n\
+\n\
+Return -1 on failure.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_rfind(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t result = bytes_find_internal(self, args, -1);
+    if (result == -2)
+        return NULL;
+    return PyInt_FromSsize_t(result);
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(rindex__doc__,
+"B.rindex(sub [,start [,end]]) -> int\n\
+\n\
+Like B.rfind() but raise ValueError when the subsection is not found.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_rindex(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t result = bytes_find_internal(self, args, -1);
+    if (result == -2)
+        return NULL;
+    if (result == -1) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                        "subsection not found");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return PyInt_FromSsize_t(result);
+}
+
+
+static int
+bytes_contains(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t ival = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(arg, PyExc_ValueError);
+    if (ival == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        Py_buffer varg;
+        int pos;
+        PyErr_Clear();
+        if (_getbuffer(arg, &varg) < 0)
+            return -1;
+        pos = stringlib_find(PyBytes_AS_STRING(self), Py_SIZE(self),
+                             varg.buf, varg.len, 0);
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(arg, &varg);
+        return pos >= 0;
+    }
+    if (ival < 0 || ival >= 256) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "byte must be in range(0, 256)");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return memchr(PyBytes_AS_STRING(self), ival, Py_SIZE(self)) != NULL;
+}
+
+
+/* Matches the end (direction >= 0) or start (direction < 0) of self
+ * against substr, using the start and end arguments. Returns
+ * -1 on error, 0 if not found and 1 if found.
+ */
+Py_LOCAL(int)
+_bytes_tailmatch(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *substr, Py_ssize_t start,
+                 Py_ssize_t end, int direction)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+    const char* str;
+    Py_buffer vsubstr;
+    int rv = 0;
+
+    str = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+
+    if (_getbuffer(substr, &vsubstr) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    _adjust_indices(&start, &end, len);
+
+    if (direction < 0) {
+        /* startswith */
+        if (start+vsubstr.len > len) {
+            goto done;
+        }
+    } else {
+        /* endswith */
+        if (end-start < vsubstr.len || start > len) {
+            goto done;
+        }
+
+        if (end-vsubstr.len > start)
+            start = end - vsubstr.len;
+    }
+    if (end-start >= vsubstr.len)
+        rv = ! memcmp(str+start, vsubstr.buf, vsubstr.len);
+
+done:
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(substr, &vsubstr);
+    return rv;
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(startswith__doc__,
+"B.startswith(prefix [,start [,end]]) -> bool\n\
+\n\
+Return True if B starts with the specified prefix, False otherwise.\n\
+With optional start, test B beginning at that position.\n\
+With optional end, stop comparing B at that position.\n\
+prefix can also be a tuple of strings to try.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_startswith(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t start = 0;
+    Py_ssize_t end = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
+    PyObject *subobj;
+    int result;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O&O&:startswith", &subobj,
+        _PyEval_SliceIndex, &start, _PyEval_SliceIndex, &end))
+        return NULL;
+    if (PyTuple_Check(subobj)) {
+        Py_ssize_t i;
+        for (i = 0; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(subobj); i++) {
+            result = _bytes_tailmatch(self,
+                                      PyTuple_GET_ITEM(subobj, i),
+                                      start, end, -1);
+            if (result == -1)
+                return NULL;
+            else if (result) {
+                Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+            }
+        }
+        Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+    }
+    result = _bytes_tailmatch(self, subobj, start, end, -1);
+    if (result == -1)
+        return NULL;
+    else
+        return PyBool_FromLong(result);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(endswith__doc__,
+"B.endswith(suffix [,start [,end]]) -> bool\n\
+\n\
+Return True if B ends with the specified suffix, False otherwise.\n\
+With optional start, test B beginning at that position.\n\
+With optional end, stop comparing B at that position.\n\
+suffix can also be a tuple of strings to try.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_endswith(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t start = 0;
+    Py_ssize_t end = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
+    PyObject *subobj;
+    int result;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|O&O&:endswith", &subobj,
+        _PyEval_SliceIndex, &start, _PyEval_SliceIndex, &end))
+        return NULL;
+    if (PyTuple_Check(subobj)) {
+        Py_ssize_t i;
+        for (i = 0; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(subobj); i++) {
+            result = _bytes_tailmatch(self,
+                                      PyTuple_GET_ITEM(subobj, i),
+                                      start, end, +1);
+            if (result == -1)
+                return NULL;
+            else if (result) {
+                Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+            }
+        }
+        Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+    }
+    result = _bytes_tailmatch(self, subobj, start, end, +1);
+    if (result == -1)
+        return NULL;
+    else
+        return PyBool_FromLong(result);
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(translate__doc__,
+"B.translate(table[, deletechars]) -> bytearray\n\
+\n\
+Return a copy of B, where all characters occurring in the\n\
+optional argument deletechars are removed, and the remaining\n\
+characters have been mapped through the given translation\n\
+table, which must be a bytes object of length 256.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_translate(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    register char *input, *output;
+    register const char *table;
+    register Py_ssize_t i, c, changed = 0;
+    PyObject *input_obj = (PyObject*)self;
+    const char *output_start;
+    Py_ssize_t inlen;
+    PyObject *result;
+    int trans_table[256];
+    PyObject *tableobj, *delobj = NULL;
+    Py_buffer vtable, vdel;
+
+    if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "translate", 1, 2,
+                           &tableobj, &delobj))
+          return NULL;
+
+    if (_getbuffer(tableobj, &vtable) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (vtable.len != 256) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                        "translation table must be 256 characters long");
+        result = NULL;
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    if (delobj != NULL) {
+        if (_getbuffer(delobj, &vdel) < 0) {
+            result = NULL;
+            goto done;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        vdel.buf = NULL;
+        vdel.len = 0;
+    }
+
+    table = (const char *)vtable.buf;
+    inlen = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(input_obj);
+    result = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((char *)NULL, inlen);
+    if (result == NULL)
+        goto done;
+    output_start = output = PyBytes_AsString(result);
+    input = PyBytes_AS_STRING(input_obj);
+
+    if (vdel.len == 0) {
+        /* If no deletions are required, use faster code */
+        for (i = inlen; --i >= 0; ) {
+            c = Py_CHARMASK(*input++);
+            if (Py_CHARMASK((*output++ = table[c])) != c)
+                changed = 1;
+        }
+        if (changed || !PyBytes_CheckExact(input_obj))
+            goto done;
+        Py_DECREF(result);
+        Py_INCREF(input_obj);
+        result = input_obj;
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
+        trans_table[i] = Py_CHARMASK(table[i]);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < vdel.len; i++)
+        trans_table[(int) Py_CHARMASK( ((unsigned char*)vdel.buf)[i] )] = -1;
+
+    for (i = inlen; --i >= 0; ) {
+        c = Py_CHARMASK(*input++);
+        if (trans_table[c] != -1)
+            if (Py_CHARMASK(*output++ = (char)trans_table[c]) == c)
+                    continue;
+        changed = 1;
+    }
+    if (!changed && PyBytes_CheckExact(input_obj)) {
+        Py_DECREF(result);
+        Py_INCREF(input_obj);
+        result = input_obj;
+        goto done;
+    }
+    /* Fix the size of the resulting string */
+    if (inlen > 0)
+        PyBytes_Resize(result, output - output_start);
+
+done:
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(tableobj, &vtable);
+    if (delobj != NULL)
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(delobj, &vdel);
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+#define FORWARD 1
+#define REVERSE -1
+
+/* find and count characters and substrings */
+
+#define findchar(target, target_len, c)                         \
+  ((char *)memchr((const void *)(target), c, target_len))
+
+/* Don't call if length < 2 */
+#define Py_STRING_MATCH(target, offset, pattern, length)        \
+  (target[offset] == pattern[0] &&                              \
+   target[offset+length-1] == pattern[length-1] &&              \
+   !memcmp(target+offset+1, pattern+1, length-2) )
+
+
+/* Bytes ops must return a string.  */
+/* If the object is subclass of bytes, create a copy */
+Py_LOCAL(PyBytesObject *)
+return_self(PyBytesObject *self)
+{
+    if (PyBytes_CheckExact(self)) {
+        Py_INCREF(self);
+        return (PyBytesObject *)self;
+    }
+    return (PyBytesObject *)PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(
+            PyBytes_AS_STRING(self),
+            PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self));
+}
+
+Py_LOCAL_INLINE(Py_ssize_t)
+countchar(const char *target, Py_ssize_t target_len, char c, Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t count=0;
+    const char *start=target;
+    const char *end=target+target_len;
+
+    while ( (start=findchar(start, end-start, c)) != NULL ) {
+        count++;
+        if (count >= maxcount)
+            break;
+        start += 1;
+    }
+    return count;
+}
+
+Py_LOCAL(Py_ssize_t)
+findstring(const char *target, Py_ssize_t target_len,
+           const char *pattern, Py_ssize_t pattern_len,
+           Py_ssize_t start,
+           Py_ssize_t end,
+           int direction)
+{
+    if (start < 0) {
+        start += target_len;
+        if (start < 0)
+            start = 0;
+    }
+    if (end > target_len) {
+        end = target_len;
+    } else if (end < 0) {
+        end += target_len;
+        if (end < 0)
+            end = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* zero-length substrings always match at the first attempt */
+    if (pattern_len == 0)
+        return (direction > 0) ? start : end;
+
+    end -= pattern_len;
+
+    if (direction < 0) {
+        for (; end >= start; end--)
+            if (Py_STRING_MATCH(target, end, pattern, pattern_len))
+                return end;
+    } else {
+        for (; start <= end; start++)
+            if (Py_STRING_MATCH(target, start, pattern, pattern_len))
+                return start;
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+Py_LOCAL_INLINE(Py_ssize_t)
+countstring(const char *target, Py_ssize_t target_len,
+            const char *pattern, Py_ssize_t pattern_len,
+            Py_ssize_t start,
+            Py_ssize_t end,
+            int direction, Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t count=0;
+
+    if (start < 0) {
+        start += target_len;
+        if (start < 0)
+            start = 0;
+    }
+    if (end > target_len) {
+        end = target_len;
+    } else if (end < 0) {
+        end += target_len;
+        if (end < 0)
+            end = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* zero-length substrings match everywhere */
+    if (pattern_len == 0 || maxcount == 0) {
+        if (target_len+1 < maxcount)
+            return target_len+1;
+        return maxcount;
+    }
+
+    end -= pattern_len;
+    if (direction < 0) {
+        for (; (end >= start); end--)
+            if (Py_STRING_MATCH(target, end, pattern, pattern_len)) {
+                count++;
+                if (--maxcount <= 0) break;
+                end -= pattern_len-1;
+            }
+    } else {
+        for (; (start <= end); start++)
+            if (Py_STRING_MATCH(target, start, pattern, pattern_len)) {
+                count++;
+                if (--maxcount <= 0)
+                    break;
+                start += pattern_len-1;
+            }
+    }
+    return count;
+}
+
+
+/* Algorithms for different cases of string replacement */
+
+/* len(self)>=1, from="", len(to)>=1, maxcount>=1 */
+Py_LOCAL(PyBytesObject *)
+replace_interleave(PyBytesObject *self,
+                   const char *to_s, Py_ssize_t to_len,
+                   Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    char *self_s, *result_s;
+    Py_ssize_t self_len, result_len;
+    Py_ssize_t count, i, product;
+    PyBytesObject *result;
+
+    self_len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+
+    /* 1 at the end plus 1 after every character */
+    count = self_len+1;
+    if (maxcount < count)
+        count = maxcount;
+
+    /* Check for overflow */
+    /*   result_len = count * to_len + self_len; */
+    product = count * to_len;
+    if (product / to_len != count) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+                        "replace string is too long");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    result_len = product + self_len;
+    if (result_len < 0) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+                        "replace string is too long");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (! (result = (PyBytesObject *)
+                     PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, result_len)) )
+        return NULL;
+
+    self_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+    result_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+
+    /* TODO: special case single character, which doesn't need memcpy */
+
+    /* Lay the first one down (guaranteed this will occur) */
+    Py_MEMCPY(result_s, to_s, to_len);
+    result_s += to_len;
+    count -= 1;
+
+    for (i=0; i<count; i++) {
+        *result_s++ = *self_s++;
+        Py_MEMCPY(result_s, to_s, to_len);
+        result_s += to_len;
+    }
+
+    /* Copy the rest of the original string */
+    Py_MEMCPY(result_s, self_s, self_len-i);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* Special case for deleting a single character */
+/* len(self)>=1, len(from)==1, to="", maxcount>=1 */
+Py_LOCAL(PyBytesObject *)
+replace_delete_single_character(PyBytesObject *self,
+                                char from_c, Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    char *self_s, *result_s;
+    char *start, *next, *end;
+    Py_ssize_t self_len, result_len;
+    Py_ssize_t count;
+    PyBytesObject *result;
+
+    self_len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+    self_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+
+    count = countchar(self_s, self_len, from_c, maxcount);
+    if (count == 0) {
+        return return_self(self);
+    }
+
+    result_len = self_len - count;  /* from_len == 1 */
+    assert(result_len>=0);
+
+    if ( (result = (PyBytesObject *)
+                    PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, result_len)) == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    result_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+
+    start = self_s;
+    end = self_s + self_len;
+    while (count-- > 0) {
+        next = findchar(start, end-start, from_c);
+        if (next == NULL)
+            break;
+        Py_MEMCPY(result_s, start, next-start);
+        result_s += (next-start);
+        start = next+1;
+    }
+    Py_MEMCPY(result_s, start, end-start);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* len(self)>=1, len(from)>=2, to="", maxcount>=1 */
+
+Py_LOCAL(PyBytesObject *)
+replace_delete_substring(PyBytesObject *self,
+                         const char *from_s, Py_ssize_t from_len,
+                         Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    char *self_s, *result_s;
+    char *start, *next, *end;
+    Py_ssize_t self_len, result_len;
+    Py_ssize_t count, offset;
+    PyBytesObject *result;
+
+    self_len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+    self_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+
+    count = countstring(self_s, self_len,
+                        from_s, from_len,
+                        0, self_len, 1,
+                        maxcount);
+
+    if (count == 0) {
+        /* no matches */
+        return return_self(self);
+    }
+
+    result_len = self_len - (count * from_len);
+    assert (result_len>=0);
+
+    if ( (result = (PyBytesObject *)
+        PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, result_len)) == NULL )
+            return NULL;
+
+    result_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+
+    start = self_s;
+    end = self_s + self_len;
+    while (count-- > 0) {
+        offset = findstring(start, end-start,
+                            from_s, from_len,
+                            0, end-start, FORWARD);
+        if (offset == -1)
+            break;
+        next = start + offset;
+
+        Py_MEMCPY(result_s, start, next-start);
+
+        result_s += (next-start);
+        start = next+from_len;
+    }
+    Py_MEMCPY(result_s, start, end-start);
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* len(self)>=1, len(from)==len(to)==1, maxcount>=1 */
+Py_LOCAL(PyBytesObject *)
+replace_single_character_in_place(PyBytesObject *self,
+                                  char from_c, char to_c,
+                                  Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+        char *self_s, *result_s, *start, *end, *next;
+        Py_ssize_t self_len;
+        PyBytesObject *result;
+
+        /* The result string will be the same size */
+        self_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+        self_len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+
+        next = findchar(self_s, self_len, from_c);
+
+        if (next == NULL) {
+                /* No matches; return the original bytes */
+                return return_self(self);
+        }
+
+        /* Need to make a new bytes */
+        result = (PyBytesObject *) PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, self_len);
+        if (result == NULL)
+                return NULL;
+        result_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+        Py_MEMCPY(result_s, self_s, self_len);
+
+        /* change everything in-place, starting with this one */
+        start =  result_s + (next-self_s);
+        *start = to_c;
+        start++;
+        end = result_s + self_len;
+
+        while (--maxcount > 0) {
+                next = findchar(start, end-start, from_c);
+                if (next == NULL)
+                        break;
+                *next = to_c;
+                start = next+1;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+}
+
+/* len(self)>=1, len(from)==len(to)>=2, maxcount>=1 */
+Py_LOCAL(PyBytesObject *)
+replace_substring_in_place(PyBytesObject *self,
+                           const char *from_s, Py_ssize_t from_len,
+                           const char *to_s, Py_ssize_t to_len,
+                           Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    char *result_s, *start, *end;
+    char *self_s;
+    Py_ssize_t self_len, offset;
+    PyBytesObject *result;
+
+    /* The result bytes will be the same size */
+
+    self_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+    self_len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+
+    offset = findstring(self_s, self_len,
+                        from_s, from_len,
+                        0, self_len, FORWARD);
+    if (offset == -1) {
+        /* No matches; return the original bytes */
+        return return_self(self);
+    }
+
+    /* Need to make a new bytes */
+    result = (PyBytesObject *) PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, self_len);
+    if (result == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    result_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+    Py_MEMCPY(result_s, self_s, self_len);
+
+    /* change everything in-place, starting with this one */
+    start =  result_s + offset;
+    Py_MEMCPY(start, to_s, from_len);
+    start += from_len;
+    end = result_s + self_len;
+
+    while ( --maxcount > 0) {
+        offset = findstring(start, end-start,
+                            from_s, from_len,
+                            0, end-start, FORWARD);
+        if (offset==-1)
+            break;
+        Py_MEMCPY(start+offset, to_s, from_len);
+        start += offset+from_len;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* len(self)>=1, len(from)==1, len(to)>=2, maxcount>=1 */
+Py_LOCAL(PyBytesObject *)
+replace_single_character(PyBytesObject *self,
+                         char from_c,
+                         const char *to_s, Py_ssize_t to_len,
+                         Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    char *self_s, *result_s;
+    char *start, *next, *end;
+    Py_ssize_t self_len, result_len;
+    Py_ssize_t count, product;
+    PyBytesObject *result;
+
+    self_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+    self_len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+
+    count = countchar(self_s, self_len, from_c, maxcount);
+    if (count == 0) {
+        /* no matches, return unchanged */
+        return return_self(self);
+    }
+
+    /* use the difference between current and new, hence the "-1" */
+    /*   result_len = self_len + count * (to_len-1)  */
+    product = count * (to_len-1);
+    if (product / (to_len-1) != count) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "replace bytes is too long");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    result_len = self_len + product;
+    if (result_len < 0) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "replace bytes is too long");
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if ( (result = (PyBytesObject *)
+          PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, result_len)) == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+    result_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+
+    start = self_s;
+    end = self_s + self_len;
+    while (count-- > 0) {
+        next = findchar(start, end-start, from_c);
+        if (next == NULL)
+            break;
+
+        if (next == start) {
+            /* replace with the 'to' */
+            Py_MEMCPY(result_s, to_s, to_len);
+            result_s += to_len;
+            start += 1;
+        } else {
+            /* copy the unchanged old then the 'to' */
+            Py_MEMCPY(result_s, start, next-start);
+            result_s += (next-start);
+            Py_MEMCPY(result_s, to_s, to_len);
+            result_s += to_len;
+            start = next+1;
+        }
+    }
+    /* Copy the remainder of the remaining bytes */
+    Py_MEMCPY(result_s, start, end-start);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* len(self)>=1, len(from)>=2, len(to)>=2, maxcount>=1 */
+Py_LOCAL(PyBytesObject *)
+replace_substring(PyBytesObject *self,
+                  const char *from_s, Py_ssize_t from_len,
+                  const char *to_s, Py_ssize_t to_len,
+                  Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    char *self_s, *result_s;
+    char *start, *next, *end;
+    Py_ssize_t self_len, result_len;
+    Py_ssize_t count, offset, product;
+    PyBytesObject *result;
+
+    self_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self);
+    self_len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self);
+
+    count = countstring(self_s, self_len,
+                        from_s, from_len,
+                        0, self_len, FORWARD, maxcount);
+    if (count == 0) {
+        /* no matches, return unchanged */
+        return return_self(self);
+    }
+
+    /* Check for overflow */
+    /*    result_len = self_len + count * (to_len-from_len) */
+    product = count * (to_len-from_len);
+    if (product / (to_len-from_len) != count) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "replace bytes is too long");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    result_len = self_len + product;
+    if (result_len < 0) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "replace bytes is too long");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if ( (result = (PyBytesObject *)
+          PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, result_len)) == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    result_s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+
+    start = self_s;
+    end = self_s + self_len;
+    while (count-- > 0) {
+        offset = findstring(start, end-start,
+                            from_s, from_len,
+                            0, end-start, FORWARD);
+        if (offset == -1)
+            break;
+        next = start+offset;
+        if (next == start) {
+            /* replace with the 'to' */
+            Py_MEMCPY(result_s, to_s, to_len);
+            result_s += to_len;
+            start += from_len;
+        } else {
+            /* copy the unchanged old then the 'to' */
+            Py_MEMCPY(result_s, start, next-start);
+            result_s += (next-start);
+            Py_MEMCPY(result_s, to_s, to_len);
+            result_s += to_len;
+            start = next+from_len;
+        }
+    }
+    /* Copy the remainder of the remaining bytes */
+    Py_MEMCPY(result_s, start, end-start);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+Py_LOCAL(PyBytesObject *)
+replace(PyBytesObject *self,
+        const char *from_s, Py_ssize_t from_len,
+        const char *to_s, Py_ssize_t to_len,
+        Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    if (maxcount < 0) {
+        maxcount = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
+    } else if (maxcount == 0 || PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self) == 0) {
+        /* nothing to do; return the original bytes */
+        return return_self(self);
+    }
+
+    if (maxcount == 0 ||
+        (from_len == 0 && to_len == 0)) {
+        /* nothing to do; return the original bytes */
+        return return_self(self);
+    }
+
+    /* Handle zero-length special cases */
+
+    if (from_len == 0) {
+        /* insert the 'to' bytes everywhere.   */
+        /*    >>> "Python".replace("", ".")     */
+        /*    '.P.y.t.h.o.n.'                   */
+        return replace_interleave(self, to_s, to_len, maxcount);
+    }
+
+    /* Except for "".replace("", "A") == "A" there is no way beyond this */
+    /* point for an empty self bytes to generate a non-empty bytes */
+    /* Special case so the remaining code always gets a non-empty bytes */
+    if (PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self) == 0) {
+        return return_self(self);
+    }
+
+    if (to_len == 0) {
+        /* delete all occurances of 'from' bytes */
+        if (from_len == 1) {
+            return replace_delete_single_character(
+                    self, from_s[0], maxcount);
+        } else {
+            return replace_delete_substring(self, from_s, from_len, maxcount);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Handle special case where both bytes have the same length */
+
+    if (from_len == to_len) {
+        if (from_len == 1) {
+            return replace_single_character_in_place(
+                    self,
+                    from_s[0],
+                    to_s[0],
+                    maxcount);
+        } else {
+            return replace_substring_in_place(
+                self, from_s, from_len, to_s, to_len, maxcount);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Otherwise use the more generic algorithms */
+    if (from_len == 1) {
+        return replace_single_character(self, from_s[0],
+                                        to_s, to_len, maxcount);
+    } else {
+        /* len('from')>=2, len('to')>=1 */
+        return replace_substring(self, from_s, from_len, to_s, to_len, maxcount);
+    }
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(replace__doc__,
+"B.replace(old, new[, count]) -> bytes\n\
+\n\
+Return a copy of B with all occurrences of subsection\n\
+old replaced by new.  If the optional argument count is\n\
+given, only the first count occurrences are replaced.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_replace(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t count = -1;
+    PyObject *from, *to, *res;
+    Py_buffer vfrom, vto;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO|n:replace", &from, &to, &count))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (_getbuffer(from, &vfrom) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+    if (_getbuffer(to, &vto) < 0) {
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(from, &vfrom);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    res = (PyObject *)replace((PyBytesObject *) self,
+                              vfrom.buf, vfrom.len,
+                              vto.buf, vto.len, count);
+
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(from, &vfrom);
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(to, &vto);
+    return res;
+}
+
+
+/* Overallocate the initial list to reduce the number of reallocs for small
+   split sizes.  Eg, "A A A A A A A A A A".split() (10 elements) has three
+   resizes, to sizes 4, 8, then 16.  Most observed string splits are for human
+   text (roughly 11 words per line) and field delimited data (usually 1-10
+   fields).  For large strings the split algorithms are bandwidth limited
+   so increasing the preallocation likely will not improve things.*/
+
+#define MAX_PREALLOC 12
+
+/* 5 splits gives 6 elements */
+#define PREALLOC_SIZE(maxsplit) \
+    (maxsplit >= MAX_PREALLOC ? MAX_PREALLOC : maxsplit+1)
+
+#define SPLIT_APPEND(data, left, right)                         \
+    str = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((data) + (left),       \
+                                     (right) - (left));     \
+    if (str == NULL)                                        \
+        goto onError;                                   \
+    if (PyList_Append(list, str)) {                         \
+        Py_DECREF(str);                                 \
+        goto onError;                                   \
+    }                                                       \
+    else                                                    \
+        Py_DECREF(str);
+
+#define SPLIT_ADD(data, left, right) {                          \
+    str = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((data) + (left),       \
+                                     (right) - (left));     \
+    if (str == NULL)                                        \
+        goto onError;                                   \
+    if (count < MAX_PREALLOC) {                             \
+        PyList_SET_ITEM(list, count, str);              \
+    } else {                                                \
+        if (PyList_Append(list, str)) {                 \
+            Py_DECREF(str);                         \
+            goto onError;                           \
+        }                                               \
+        else                                            \
+            Py_DECREF(str);                         \
+    }                                                       \
+    count++; }
+
+/* Always force the list to the expected size. */
+#define FIX_PREALLOC_SIZE(list) Py_SIZE(list) = count
+
+
+Py_LOCAL_INLINE(PyObject *)
+split_char(const char *s, Py_ssize_t len, char ch, Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    register Py_ssize_t i, j, count = 0;
+    PyObject *str;
+    PyObject *list = PyList_New(PREALLOC_SIZE(maxcount));
+
+    if (list == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    i = j = 0;
+    while ((j < len) && (maxcount-- > 0)) {
+        for(; j < len; j++) {
+            /* I found that using memchr makes no difference */
+            if (s[j] == ch) {
+                SPLIT_ADD(s, i, j);
+                i = j = j + 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (i <= len) {
+        SPLIT_ADD(s, i, len);
+    }
+    FIX_PREALLOC_SIZE(list);
+    return list;
+
+  onError:
+    Py_DECREF(list);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+
+Py_LOCAL_INLINE(PyObject *)
+split_whitespace(const char *s, Py_ssize_t len, Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    register Py_ssize_t i, j, count = 0;
+    PyObject *str;
+    PyObject *list = PyList_New(PREALLOC_SIZE(maxcount));
+
+    if (list == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    for (i = j = 0; i < len; ) {
+        /* find a token */
+        while (i < len && ISSPACE(s[i]))
+            i++;
+        j = i;
+        while (i < len && !ISSPACE(s[i]))
+            i++;
+        if (j < i) {
+            if (maxcount-- <= 0)
+                break;
+            SPLIT_ADD(s, j, i);
+            while (i < len && ISSPACE(s[i]))
+                i++;
+            j = i;
+        }
+    }
+    if (j < len) {
+        SPLIT_ADD(s, j, len);
+    }
+    FIX_PREALLOC_SIZE(list);
+    return list;
+
+  onError:
+    Py_DECREF(list);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(split__doc__,
+"B.split([sep[, maxsplit]]) -> list of bytearray\n\
+\n\
+Return a list of the sections in B, using sep as the delimiter.\n\
+If sep is not given, B is split on ASCII whitespace characters\n\
+(space, tab, return, newline, formfeed, vertical tab).\n\
+If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit splits are done.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_split(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self), n, i, j;
+    Py_ssize_t maxsplit = -1, count = 0;
+    const char *s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self), *sub;
+    PyObject *list, *str, *subobj = Py_None;
+    Py_buffer vsub;
+#ifdef USE_FAST
+    Py_ssize_t pos;
+#endif
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|On:split", &subobj, &maxsplit))
+        return NULL;
+    if (maxsplit < 0)
+        maxsplit = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
+
+    if (subobj == Py_None)
+        return split_whitespace(s, len, maxsplit);
+
+    if (_getbuffer(subobj, &vsub) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+    sub = vsub.buf;
+    n = vsub.len;
+
+    if (n == 0) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "empty separator");
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(subobj, &vsub);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (n == 1)
+        return split_char(s, len, sub[0], maxsplit);
+
+    list = PyList_New(PREALLOC_SIZE(maxsplit));
+    if (list == NULL) {
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(subobj, &vsub);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+#ifdef USE_FAST
+    i = j = 0;
+    while (maxsplit-- > 0) {
+        pos = fastsearch(s+i, len-i, sub, n, FAST_SEARCH);
+        if (pos < 0)
+                break;
+        j = i+pos;
+        SPLIT_ADD(s, i, j);
+        i = j + n;
+    }
+#else
+    i = j = 0;
+    while ((j+n <= len) && (maxsplit-- > 0)) {
+        for (; j+n <= len; j++) {
+            if (Py_STRING_MATCH(s, j, sub, n)) {
+                SPLIT_ADD(s, i, j);
+                i = j = j + n;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+    SPLIT_ADD(s, i, len);
+    FIX_PREALLOC_SIZE(list);
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(subobj, &vsub);
+    return list;
+
+  onError:
+    Py_DECREF(list);
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(subobj, &vsub);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/* stringlib's partition shares nullbytes in some cases.
+   undo this, we don't want the nullbytes to be shared. */
+static PyObject *
+make_nullbytes_unique(PyObject *result)
+{
+    if (result != NULL) {
+        int i;
+        assert(PyTuple_Check(result));
+        assert(PyTuple_GET_SIZE(result) == 3);
+        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            if (PyTuple_GET_ITEM(result, i) == (PyObject *)nullbytes) {
+                PyObject *new = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, 0);
+                if (new == NULL) {
+                    Py_DECREF(result);
+                    result = NULL;
+                    break;
+                }
+                Py_DECREF(nullbytes);
+                PyTuple_SET_ITEM(result, i, new);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(partition__doc__,
+"B.partition(sep) -> (head, sep, tail)\n\
+\n\
+Searches for the separator sep in B, and returns the part before it,\n\
+the separator itself, and the part after it.  If the separator is not\n\
+found, returns B and two empty bytearray objects.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_partition(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *sep_obj)
+{
+    PyObject *bytesep, *result;
+
+    bytesep = PyBytes_FromObject(sep_obj);
+    if (! bytesep)
+        return NULL;
+
+    result = stringlib_partition(
+            (PyObject*) self,
+            PyBytes_AS_STRING(self), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self),
+            bytesep,
+            PyBytes_AS_STRING(bytesep), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(bytesep)
+            );
+
+    Py_DECREF(bytesep);
+    return make_nullbytes_unique(result);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(rpartition__doc__,
+"B.rpartition(sep) -> (tail, sep, head)\n\
+\n\
+Searches for the separator sep in B, starting at the end of B,\n\
+and returns the part before it, the separator itself, and the\n\
+part after it.  If the separator is not found, returns two empty\n\
+bytearray objects and B.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_rpartition(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *sep_obj)
+{
+    PyObject *bytesep, *result;
+
+    bytesep = PyBytes_FromObject(sep_obj);
+    if (! bytesep)
+        return NULL;
+
+    result = stringlib_rpartition(
+            (PyObject*) self,
+            PyBytes_AS_STRING(self), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self),
+            bytesep,
+            PyBytes_AS_STRING(bytesep), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(bytesep)
+            );
+
+    Py_DECREF(bytesep);
+    return make_nullbytes_unique(result);
+}
+
+Py_LOCAL_INLINE(PyObject *)
+rsplit_char(const char *s, Py_ssize_t len, char ch, Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    register Py_ssize_t i, j, count=0;
+    PyObject *str;
+    PyObject *list = PyList_New(PREALLOC_SIZE(maxcount));
+
+    if (list == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    i = j = len - 1;
+    while ((i >= 0) && (maxcount-- > 0)) {
+        for (; i >= 0; i--) {
+            if (s[i] == ch) {
+                SPLIT_ADD(s, i + 1, j + 1);
+                j = i = i - 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (j >= -1) {
+        SPLIT_ADD(s, 0, j + 1);
+    }
+    FIX_PREALLOC_SIZE(list);
+    if (PyList_Reverse(list) < 0)
+        goto onError;
+
+    return list;
+
+  onError:
+    Py_DECREF(list);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+Py_LOCAL_INLINE(PyObject *)
+rsplit_whitespace(const char *s, Py_ssize_t len, Py_ssize_t maxcount)
+{
+    register Py_ssize_t i, j, count = 0;
+    PyObject *str;
+    PyObject *list = PyList_New(PREALLOC_SIZE(maxcount));
+
+    if (list == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    for (i = j = len - 1; i >= 0; ) {
+        /* find a token */
+        while (i >= 0 && ISSPACE(s[i]))
+            i--;
+        j = i;
+        while (i >= 0 && !ISSPACE(s[i]))
+            i--;
+        if (j > i) {
+            if (maxcount-- <= 0)
+                break;
+            SPLIT_ADD(s, i + 1, j + 1);
+            while (i >= 0 && ISSPACE(s[i]))
+                i--;
+            j = i;
+        }
+    }
+    if (j >= 0) {
+        SPLIT_ADD(s, 0, j + 1);
+    }
+    FIX_PREALLOC_SIZE(list);
+    if (PyList_Reverse(list) < 0)
+        goto onError;
+
+    return list;
+
+  onError:
+    Py_DECREF(list);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(rsplit__doc__,
+"B.rsplit(sep[, maxsplit]) -> list of bytearray\n\
+\n\
+Return a list of the sections in B, using sep as the delimiter,\n\
+starting at the end of B and working to the front.\n\
+If sep is not given, B is split on ASCII whitespace characters\n\
+(space, tab, return, newline, formfeed, vertical tab).\n\
+If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit splits are done.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_rsplit(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(self), n, i, j;
+    Py_ssize_t maxsplit = -1, count = 0;
+    const char *s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(self), *sub;
+    PyObject *list, *str, *subobj = Py_None;
+    Py_buffer vsub;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|On:rsplit", &subobj, &maxsplit))
+        return NULL;
+    if (maxsplit < 0)
+        maxsplit = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
+
+    if (subobj == Py_None)
+        return rsplit_whitespace(s, len, maxsplit);
+
+    if (_getbuffer(subobj, &vsub) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+    sub = vsub.buf;
+    n = vsub.len;
+
+    if (n == 0) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "empty separator");
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(subobj, &vsub);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    else if (n == 1)
+        return rsplit_char(s, len, sub[0], maxsplit);
+
+    list = PyList_New(PREALLOC_SIZE(maxsplit));
+    if (list == NULL) {
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(subobj, &vsub);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    j = len;
+    i = j - n;
+
+    while ( (i >= 0) && (maxsplit-- > 0) ) {
+        for (; i>=0; i--) {
+            if (Py_STRING_MATCH(s, i, sub, n)) {
+                SPLIT_ADD(s, i + n, j);
+                j = i;
+                i -= n;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    SPLIT_ADD(s, 0, j);
+    FIX_PREALLOC_SIZE(list);
+    if (PyList_Reverse(list) < 0)
+        goto onError;
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(subobj, &vsub);
+    return list;
+
+onError:
+    Py_DECREF(list);
+    PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(subobj, &vsub);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(reverse__doc__,
+"B.reverse() -> None\n\
+\n\
+Reverse the order of the values in B in place.");
+static PyObject *
+bytes_reverse(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *unused)
+{
+    char swap, *head, *tail;
+    Py_ssize_t i, j, n = Py_SIZE(self);
+
+    j = n / 2;
+    head = self->ob_bytes;
+    tail = head + n - 1;
+    for (i = 0; i < j; i++) {
+        swap = *head;
+        *head++ = *tail;
+        *tail-- = swap;
+    }
+
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(insert__doc__,
+"B.insert(index, int) -> None\n\
+\n\
+Insert a single item into the bytearray before the given index.");
+static PyObject *
+bytes_insert(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    int value;
+    Py_ssize_t where, n = Py_SIZE(self);
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ni:insert", &where, &value))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (n == PY_SSIZE_T_MAX) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+                        "cannot add more objects to bytes");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (value < 0 || value >= 256) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                        "byte must be in range(0, 256)");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self, n + 1) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (where < 0) {
+        where += n;
+        if (where < 0)
+            where = 0;
+    }
+    if (where > n)
+        where = n;
+    memmove(self->ob_bytes + where + 1, self->ob_bytes + where, n - where);
+    self->ob_bytes[where] = value;
+
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(append__doc__,
+"B.append(int) -> None\n\
+\n\
+Append a single item to the end of B.");
+static PyObject *
+bytes_append(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    int value;
+    Py_ssize_t n = Py_SIZE(self);
+
+    if (! _getbytevalue(arg, &value))
+        return NULL;
+    if (n == PY_SSIZE_T_MAX) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+                        "cannot add more objects to bytes");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self, n + 1) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    self->ob_bytes[n] = value;
+
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(extend__doc__,
+"B.extend(iterable int) -> None\n\
+\n\
+Append all the elements from the iterator or sequence to the\n\
+end of B.");
+static PyObject *
+bytes_extend(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    PyObject *it, *item, *tmp, *res;
+    Py_ssize_t buf_size = 0, len = 0;
+    int value;
+    char *buf;
+
+    /* bytes_setslice code only accepts something supporting PEP 3118. */
+    if (PyObject_CheckBuffer(arg)) {
+        if (bytes_setslice(self, Py_SIZE(self), Py_SIZE(self), arg) == -1)
+            return NULL;
+
+        Py_RETURN_NONE;
+    }
+
+    it = PyObject_GetIter(arg);
+    if (it == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    /* Try to determine the length of the argument. 32 is abitrary. */
+    buf_size = _PyObject_LengthHint(arg, 32);
+
+    buf = (char *)PyMem_Malloc(buf_size * sizeof(char));
+    if (buf == NULL)
+        return PyErr_NoMemory();
+
+    while ((item = PyIter_Next(it)) != NULL) {
+        if (! _getbytevalue(item, &value)) {
+            Py_DECREF(item);
+            Py_DECREF(it);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        buf[len++] = value;
+        Py_DECREF(item);
+        if (len >= buf_size) {
+            buf_size = len + (len >> 1) + 1;
+            buf = (char *)PyMem_Realloc(buf, buf_size * sizeof(char));
+            if (buf == NULL) {
+                Py_DECREF(it);
+                return PyErr_NoMemory();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(it);
+
+    /* XXX: Is possible to avoid a full copy of the buffer? */
+    tmp = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(buf, len);
+    res = bytes_extend(self, tmp);
+    Py_DECREF(tmp);
+    PyMem_Free(buf);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(pop__doc__,
+"B.pop([index]) -> int\n\
+\n\
+Remove and return a single item from B. If no index\n\
+argument is give, will pop the last value.");
+static PyObject *
+bytes_pop(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    int value;
+    Py_ssize_t where = -1, n = Py_SIZE(self);
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|n:pop", &where))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (n == 0) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+                        "cannot pop an empty bytes");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (where < 0)
+        where += Py_SIZE(self);
+    if (where < 0 || where >= Py_SIZE(self)) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "pop index out of range");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    value = self->ob_bytes[where];
+    memmove(self->ob_bytes + where, self->ob_bytes + where + 1, n - where);
+    if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self, n - 1) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    return PyInt_FromLong(value);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(remove__doc__,
+"B.remove(int) -> None\n\
+\n\
+Remove the first occurance of a value in B.");
+static PyObject *
+bytes_remove(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    int value;
+    Py_ssize_t where, n = Py_SIZE(self);
+
+    if (! _getbytevalue(arg, &value))
+        return NULL;
+
+    for (where = 0; where < n; where++) {
+        if (self->ob_bytes[where] == value)
+            break;
+    }
+    if (where == n) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "value not found in bytes");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    memmove(self->ob_bytes + where, self->ob_bytes + where + 1, n - where);
+    if (PyBytes_Resize((PyObject *)self, n - 1) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+/* XXX These two helpers could be optimized if argsize == 1 */
+
+static Py_ssize_t
+lstrip_helper(unsigned char *myptr, Py_ssize_t mysize,
+              void *argptr, Py_ssize_t argsize)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t i = 0;
+    while (i < mysize && memchr(argptr, myptr[i], argsize))
+        i++;
+    return i;
+}
+
+static Py_ssize_t
+rstrip_helper(unsigned char *myptr, Py_ssize_t mysize,
+              void *argptr, Py_ssize_t argsize)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t i = mysize - 1;
+    while (i >= 0 && memchr(argptr, myptr[i], argsize))
+        i--;
+    return i + 1;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(strip__doc__,
+"B.strip([bytes]) -> bytearray\n\
+\n\
+Strip leading and trailing bytes contained in the argument.\n\
+If the argument is omitted, strip ASCII whitespace.");
+static PyObject *
+bytes_strip(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t left, right, mysize, argsize;
+    void *myptr, *argptr;
+    PyObject *arg = Py_None;
+    Py_buffer varg;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O:strip", &arg))
+        return NULL;
+    if (arg == Py_None) {
+        argptr = "\t\n\r\f\v ";
+        argsize = 6;
+    }
+    else {
+        if (_getbuffer(arg, &varg) < 0)
+            return NULL;
+        argptr = varg.buf;
+        argsize = varg.len;
+    }
+    myptr = self->ob_bytes;
+    mysize = Py_SIZE(self);
+    left = lstrip_helper(myptr, mysize, argptr, argsize);
+    if (left == mysize)
+        right = left;
+    else
+        right = rstrip_helper(myptr, mysize, argptr, argsize);
+    if (arg != Py_None)
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(arg, &varg);
+    return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(self->ob_bytes + left, right - left);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(lstrip__doc__,
+"B.lstrip([bytes]) -> bytearray\n\
+\n\
+Strip leading bytes contained in the argument.\n\
+If the argument is omitted, strip leading ASCII whitespace.");
+static PyObject *
+bytes_lstrip(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t left, right, mysize, argsize;
+    void *myptr, *argptr;
+    PyObject *arg = Py_None;
+    Py_buffer varg;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O:lstrip", &arg))
+        return NULL;
+    if (arg == Py_None) {
+        argptr = "\t\n\r\f\v ";
+        argsize = 6;
+    }
+    else {
+        if (_getbuffer(arg, &varg) < 0)
+            return NULL;
+        argptr = varg.buf;
+        argsize = varg.len;
+    }
+    myptr = self->ob_bytes;
+    mysize = Py_SIZE(self);
+    left = lstrip_helper(myptr, mysize, argptr, argsize);
+    right = mysize;
+    if (arg != Py_None)
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(arg, &varg);
+    return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(self->ob_bytes + left, right - left);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(rstrip__doc__,
+"B.rstrip([bytes]) -> bytearray\n\
+\n\
+Strip trailing bytes contained in the argument.\n\
+If the argument is omitted, strip trailing ASCII whitespace.");
+static PyObject *
+bytes_rstrip(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t left, right, mysize, argsize;
+    void *myptr, *argptr;
+    PyObject *arg = Py_None;
+    Py_buffer varg;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O:rstrip", &arg))
+        return NULL;
+    if (arg == Py_None) {
+        argptr = "\t\n\r\f\v ";
+        argsize = 6;
+    }
+    else {
+        if (_getbuffer(arg, &varg) < 0)
+            return NULL;
+        argptr = varg.buf;
+        argsize = varg.len;
+    }
+    myptr = self->ob_bytes;
+    mysize = Py_SIZE(self);
+    left = 0;
+    right = rstrip_helper(myptr, mysize, argptr, argsize);
+    if (arg != Py_None)
+        PyObject_ReleaseBuffer(arg, &varg);
+    return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(self->ob_bytes + left, right - left);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(decode_doc,
+"B.decode([encoding[, errors]]) -> unicode object.\n\
+\n\
+Decodes B using the codec registered for encoding. encoding defaults\n\
+to the default encoding. errors may be given to set a different error\n\
+handling scheme.  Default is 'strict' meaning that encoding errors raise\n\
+a UnicodeDecodeError.  Other possible values are 'ignore' and 'replace'\n\
+as well as any other name registered with codecs.register_error that is\n\
+able to handle UnicodeDecodeErrors.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_decode(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    const char *encoding = NULL;
+    const char *errors = NULL;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|ss:decode", &encoding, &errors))
+        return NULL;
+    if (encoding == NULL)
+        encoding = PyUnicode_GetDefaultEncoding();
+    return PyCodec_Decode(self, encoding, errors);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(alloc_doc,
+"B.__alloc__() -> int\n\
+\n\
+Returns the number of bytes actually allocated.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_alloc(PyBytesObject *self)
+{
+    return PyInt_FromSsize_t(self->ob_alloc);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(join_doc,
+"B.join(iterable_of_bytes) -> bytes\n\
+\n\
+Concatenates any number of bytearray objects, with B in between each pair.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_join(PyBytesObject *self, PyObject *it)
+{
+    PyObject *seq;
+    Py_ssize_t mysize = Py_SIZE(self);
+    Py_ssize_t i;
+    Py_ssize_t n;
+    PyObject **items;
+    Py_ssize_t totalsize = 0;
+    PyObject *result;
+    char *dest;
+
+    seq = PySequence_Fast(it, "can only join an iterable");
+    if (seq == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    n = PySequence_Fast_GET_SIZE(seq);
+    items = PySequence_Fast_ITEMS(seq);
+
+    /* Compute the total size, and check that they are all bytes */
+    /* XXX Shouldn't we use _getbuffer() on these items instead? */
+    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        PyObject *obj = items[i];
+        if (!PyBytes_Check(obj) && !PyString_Check(obj)) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                         "can only join an iterable of bytes "
+                         "(item %ld has type '%.100s')",
+                         /* XXX %ld isn't right on Win64 */
+                         (long)i, Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_name);
+            goto error;
+        }
+        if (i > 0)
+            totalsize += mysize;
+        totalsize += Py_SIZE(obj);
+        if (totalsize < 0) {
+            PyErr_NoMemory();
+            goto error;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Allocate the result, and copy the bytes */
+    result = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, totalsize);
+    if (result == NULL)
+        goto error;
+    dest = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        PyObject *obj = items[i];
+        Py_ssize_t size = Py_SIZE(obj);
+        char *buf;
+        if (PyBytes_Check(obj))
+           buf = PyBytes_AS_STRING(obj);
+        else
+           buf = PyString_AS_STRING(obj);
+        if (i) {
+            memcpy(dest, self->ob_bytes, mysize);
+            dest += mysize;
+        }
+        memcpy(dest, buf, size);
+        dest += size;
+    }
+
+    /* Done */
+    Py_DECREF(seq);
+    return result;
+
+    /* Error handling */
+  error:
+    Py_DECREF(seq);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(fromhex_doc,
+"bytearray.fromhex(string) -> bytearray\n\
+\n\
+Create a bytearray object from a string of hexadecimal numbers.\n\
+Spaces between two numbers are accepted.\n\
+Example: bytearray.fromhex('B9 01EF') -> bytearray(b'\\xb9\\x01\\xef').");
+
+static int
+hex_digit_to_int(Py_UNICODE c)
+{
+    if (c >= 128)
+        return -1;
+    if (ISDIGIT(c))
+        return c - '0';
+    else {
+        if (ISUPPER(c))
+            c = TOLOWER(c);
+        if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
+            return c - 'a' + 10;
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_fromhex(PyObject *cls, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *newbytes, *hexobj;
+    char *buf;
+    Py_UNICODE *hex;
+    Py_ssize_t hexlen, byteslen, i, j;
+    int top, bot;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "U:fromhex", &hexobj))
+        return NULL;
+    assert(PyUnicode_Check(hexobj));
+    hexlen = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(hexobj);
+    hex = PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(hexobj);
+    byteslen = hexlen/2; /* This overestimates if there are spaces */
+    newbytes = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, byteslen);
+    if (!newbytes)
+        return NULL;
+    buf = PyBytes_AS_STRING(newbytes);
+    for (i = j = 0; i < hexlen; i += 2) {
+        /* skip over spaces in the input */
+        while (hex[i] == ' ')
+            i++;
+        if (i >= hexlen)
+            break;
+        top = hex_digit_to_int(hex[i]);
+        bot = hex_digit_to_int(hex[i+1]);
+        if (top == -1 || bot == -1) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
+                         "non-hexadecimal number found in "
+                         "fromhex() arg at position %zd", i);
+            goto error;
+        }
+        buf[j++] = (top << 4) + bot;
+    }
+    if (PyBytes_Resize(newbytes, j) < 0)
+        goto error;
+    return newbytes;
+
+  error:
+    Py_DECREF(newbytes);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(reduce_doc, "Return state information for pickling.");
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_reduce(PyBytesObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject *latin1, *dict;
+    if (self->ob_bytes)
+        latin1 = PyUnicode_DecodeLatin1(self->ob_bytes,
+                                        Py_SIZE(self), NULL);
+    else
+        latin1 = PyUnicode_FromString("");
+
+    dict = PyObject_GetAttrString((PyObject *)self, "__dict__");
+    if (dict == NULL) {
+        PyErr_Clear();
+        dict = Py_None;
+        Py_INCREF(dict);
+    }
+
+    return Py_BuildValue("(O(Ns)N)", Py_TYPE(self), latin1, "latin-1", dict);
+}
+
+static PySequenceMethods bytes_as_sequence = {
+    (lenfunc)bytes_length,              /* sq_length */
+    (binaryfunc)PyBytes_Concat,         /* sq_concat */
+    (ssizeargfunc)bytes_repeat,         /* sq_repeat */
+    (ssizeargfunc)bytes_getitem,        /* sq_item */
+    0,                                  /* sq_slice */
+    (ssizeobjargproc)bytes_setitem,     /* sq_ass_item */
+    0,                                  /* sq_ass_slice */
+    (objobjproc)bytes_contains,         /* sq_contains */
+    (binaryfunc)bytes_iconcat,          /* sq_inplace_concat */
+    (ssizeargfunc)bytes_irepeat,        /* sq_inplace_repeat */
+};
+
+static PyMappingMethods bytes_as_mapping = {
+    (lenfunc)bytes_length,
+    (binaryfunc)bytes_subscript,
+    (objobjargproc)bytes_ass_subscript,
+};
+
+static PyBufferProcs bytes_as_buffer = {
+    (readbufferproc)bytes_buffer_getreadbuf,
+    (writebufferproc)bytes_buffer_getwritebuf,
+    (segcountproc)bytes_buffer_getsegcount,
+    (charbufferproc)bytes_buffer_getcharbuf,
+    (getbufferproc)bytes_getbuffer,
+    (releasebufferproc)bytes_releasebuffer,
+};
+
+static PyMethodDef
+bytes_methods[] = {
+    {"__alloc__", (PyCFunction)bytes_alloc, METH_NOARGS, alloc_doc},
+    {"__reduce__", (PyCFunction)bytes_reduce, METH_NOARGS, reduce_doc},
+    {"append", (PyCFunction)bytes_append, METH_O, append__doc__},
+    {"capitalize", (PyCFunction)stringlib_capitalize, METH_NOARGS,
+     _Py_capitalize__doc__},
+    {"center", (PyCFunction)stringlib_center, METH_VARARGS, center__doc__},
+    {"count", (PyCFunction)bytes_count, METH_VARARGS, count__doc__},
+    {"decode", (PyCFunction)bytes_decode, METH_VARARGS, decode_doc},
+    {"endswith", (PyCFunction)bytes_endswith, METH_VARARGS, endswith__doc__},
+    {"expandtabs", (PyCFunction)stringlib_expandtabs, METH_VARARGS,
+     expandtabs__doc__},
+    {"extend", (PyCFunction)bytes_extend, METH_O, extend__doc__},
+    {"find", (PyCFunction)bytes_find, METH_VARARGS, find__doc__},
+    {"fromhex", (PyCFunction)bytes_fromhex, METH_VARARGS|METH_CLASS,
+     fromhex_doc},
+    {"index", (PyCFunction)bytes_index, METH_VARARGS, index__doc__},
+    {"insert", (PyCFunction)bytes_insert, METH_VARARGS, insert__doc__},
+    {"isalnum", (PyCFunction)stringlib_isalnum, METH_NOARGS,
+     _Py_isalnum__doc__},
+    {"isalpha", (PyCFunction)stringlib_isalpha, METH_NOARGS,
+     _Py_isalpha__doc__},
+    {"isdigit", (PyCFunction)stringlib_isdigit, METH_NOARGS,
+     _Py_isdigit__doc__},
+    {"islower", (PyCFunction)stringlib_islower, METH_NOARGS,
+     _Py_islower__doc__},
+    {"isspace", (PyCFunction)stringlib_isspace, METH_NOARGS,
+     _Py_isspace__doc__},
+    {"istitle", (PyCFunction)stringlib_istitle, METH_NOARGS,
+     _Py_istitle__doc__},
+    {"isupper", (PyCFunction)stringlib_isupper, METH_NOARGS,
+     _Py_isupper__doc__},
+    {"join", (PyCFunction)bytes_join, METH_O, join_doc},
+    {"ljust", (PyCFunction)stringlib_ljust, METH_VARARGS, ljust__doc__},
+    {"lower", (PyCFunction)stringlib_lower, METH_NOARGS, _Py_lower__doc__},
+    {"lstrip", (PyCFunction)bytes_lstrip, METH_VARARGS, lstrip__doc__},
+    {"partition", (PyCFunction)bytes_partition, METH_O, partition__doc__},
+    {"pop", (PyCFunction)bytes_pop, METH_VARARGS, pop__doc__},
+    {"remove", (PyCFunction)bytes_remove, METH_O, remove__doc__},
+    {"replace", (PyCFunction)bytes_replace, METH_VARARGS, replace__doc__},
+    {"reverse", (PyCFunction)bytes_reverse, METH_NOARGS, reverse__doc__},
+    {"rfind", (PyCFunction)bytes_rfind, METH_VARARGS, rfind__doc__},
+    {"rindex", (PyCFunction)bytes_rindex, METH_VARARGS, rindex__doc__},
+    {"rjust", (PyCFunction)stringlib_rjust, METH_VARARGS, rjust__doc__},
+    {"rpartition", (PyCFunction)bytes_rpartition, METH_O, rpartition__doc__},
+    {"rsplit", (PyCFunction)bytes_rsplit, METH_VARARGS, rsplit__doc__},
+    {"rstrip", (PyCFunction)bytes_rstrip, METH_VARARGS, rstrip__doc__},
+    {"split", (PyCFunction)bytes_split, METH_VARARGS, split__doc__},
+    {"splitlines", (PyCFunction)stringlib_splitlines, METH_VARARGS,
+     splitlines__doc__},
+    {"startswith", (PyCFunction)bytes_startswith, METH_VARARGS ,
+     startswith__doc__},
+    {"strip", (PyCFunction)bytes_strip, METH_VARARGS, strip__doc__},
+    {"swapcase", (PyCFunction)stringlib_swapcase, METH_NOARGS,
+     _Py_swapcase__doc__},
+    {"title", (PyCFunction)stringlib_title, METH_NOARGS, _Py_title__doc__},
+    {"translate", (PyCFunction)bytes_translate, METH_VARARGS,
+     translate__doc__},
+    {"upper", (PyCFunction)stringlib_upper, METH_NOARGS, _Py_upper__doc__},
+    {"zfill", (PyCFunction)stringlib_zfill, METH_VARARGS, zfill__doc__},
+    {NULL}
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(bytes_doc,
+"bytearray(iterable_of_ints) -> bytearray.\n\
+bytearray(string, encoding[, errors]) -> bytearray.\n\
+bytearray(bytes_or_bytearray) -> mutable copy of bytes_or_bytearray.\n\
+bytearray(memory_view) -> bytearray.\n\
+\n\
+Construct an mutable bytearray object from:\n\
+  - an iterable yielding integers in range(256)\n\
+  - a text string encoded using the specified encoding\n\
+  - a bytes or a bytearray object\n\
+  - any object implementing the buffer API.\n\
+\n\
+bytearray(int) -> bytearray.\n\
+\n\
+Construct a zero-initialized bytearray of the given length.");
+
+
+static PyObject *bytes_iter(PyObject *seq);
+
+PyTypeObject PyBytes_Type = {
+    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
+    "bytearray",
+    sizeof(PyBytesObject),
+    0,
+    (destructor)bytes_dealloc,          /* tp_dealloc */
+    0,                                  /* tp_print */
+    0,                                  /* tp_getattr */
+    0,                                  /* tp_setattr */
+    0,                                  /* tp_compare */
+    (reprfunc)bytes_repr,               /* tp_repr */
+    0,                                  /* tp_as_number */
+    &bytes_as_sequence,                 /* tp_as_sequence */
+    &bytes_as_mapping,                  /* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                                  /* tp_hash */
+    0,                                  /* tp_call */
+    bytes_str,                          /* tp_str */
+    PyObject_GenericGetAttr,            /* tp_getattro */
+    0,                                  /* tp_setattro */
+    &bytes_as_buffer,                   /* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE |
+    Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_NEWBUFFER,          /* tp_flags */
+    bytes_doc,                          /* tp_doc */
+    0,                                  /* tp_traverse */
+    0,                                  /* tp_clear */
+    (richcmpfunc)bytes_richcompare,     /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,                                  /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    bytes_iter,                         /* tp_iter */
+    0,                                  /* tp_iternext */
+    bytes_methods,                      /* tp_methods */
+    0,                                  /* tp_members */
+    0,                                  /* tp_getset */
+    0,                                  /* tp_base */
+    0,                                  /* tp_dict */
+    0,                                  /* tp_descr_get */
+    0,                                  /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                                  /* tp_dictoffset */
+    (initproc)bytes_init,               /* tp_init */
+    PyType_GenericAlloc,                /* tp_alloc */
+    PyType_GenericNew,                  /* tp_new */
+    PyObject_Del,                       /* tp_free */
+};
+
+/*********************** Bytes Iterator ****************************/
+
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    Py_ssize_t it_index;
+    PyBytesObject *it_seq; /* Set to NULL when iterator is exhausted */
+} bytesiterobject;
+
+static void
+bytesiter_dealloc(bytesiterobject *it)
+{
+    _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(it);
+    Py_XDECREF(it->it_seq);
+    PyObject_GC_Del(it);
+}
+
+static int
+bytesiter_traverse(bytesiterobject *it, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    Py_VISIT(it->it_seq);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+bytesiter_next(bytesiterobject *it)
+{
+    PyBytesObject *seq;
+    PyObject *item;
+
+    assert(it != NULL);
+    seq = it->it_seq;
+    if (seq == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    assert(PyBytes_Check(seq));
+
+    if (it->it_index < PyBytes_GET_SIZE(seq)) {
+        item = PyInt_FromLong(
+            (unsigned char)seq->ob_bytes[it->it_index]);
+        if (item != NULL)
+            ++it->it_index;
+        return item;
+    }
+
+    Py_DECREF(seq);
+    it->it_seq = NULL;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+bytesiter_length_hint(bytesiterobject *it)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t len = 0;
+    if (it->it_seq)
+        len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(it->it_seq) - it->it_index;
+    return PyInt_FromSsize_t(len);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(length_hint_doc,
+    "Private method returning an estimate of len(list(it)).");
+
+static PyMethodDef bytesiter_methods[] = {
+    {"__length_hint__", (PyCFunction)bytesiter_length_hint, METH_NOARGS,
+     length_hint_doc},
+    {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
+};
+
+PyTypeObject PyBytesIter_Type = {
+    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
+    "bytearray_iterator",              /* tp_name */
+    sizeof(bytesiterobject),           /* tp_basicsize */
+    0,                                 /* tp_itemsize */
+    /* methods */
+    (destructor)bytesiter_dealloc,     /* tp_dealloc */
+    0,                                 /* tp_print */
+    0,                                 /* tp_getattr */
+    0,                                 /* tp_setattr */
+    0,                                 /* tp_compare */
+    0,                                 /* tp_repr */
+    0,                                 /* tp_as_number */
+    0,                                 /* tp_as_sequence */
+    0,                                 /* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                                 /* tp_hash */
+    0,                                 /* tp_call */
+    0,                                 /* tp_str */
+    PyObject_GenericGetAttr,           /* tp_getattro */
+    0,                                 /* tp_setattro */
+    0,                                 /* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC, /* tp_flags */
+    0,                                 /* tp_doc */
+    (traverseproc)bytesiter_traverse,  /* tp_traverse */
+    0,                                 /* tp_clear */
+    0,                                 /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,                                 /* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    PyObject_SelfIter,                 /* tp_iter */
+    (iternextfunc)bytesiter_next,      /* tp_iternext */
+    bytesiter_methods,                 /* tp_methods */
+    0,
+};
+
+static PyObject *
+bytes_iter(PyObject *seq)
+{
+    bytesiterobject *it;
+
+    if (!PyBytes_Check(seq)) {
+        PyErr_BadInternalCall();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    it = PyObject_GC_New(bytesiterobject, &PyBytesIter_Type);
+    if (it == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    it->it_index = 0;
+    Py_INCREF(seq);
+    it->it_seq = (PyBytesObject *)seq;
+    _PyObject_GC_TRACK(it);
+    return (PyObject *)it;
+}
diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index ec17bc2..2451a91 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -1923,6 +1923,12 @@
     "Base class for warnings about Unicode related problems, mostly\n"
     "related to conversion problems.");
 
+/*
+ *    BytesWarning extends Warning
+ */
+SimpleExtendsException(PyExc_Warning, BytesWarning,
+    "Base class for warnings about bytes and buffer related problems, mostly\n"
+    "related to conversion from str or comparing to str.");
 
 /* Pre-computed MemoryError instance.  Best to create this as early as
  * possible and not wait until a MemoryError is actually raised!
@@ -2031,6 +2037,7 @@
     PRE_INIT(FutureWarning)
     PRE_INIT(ImportWarning)
     PRE_INIT(UnicodeWarning)
+    PRE_INIT(BytesWarning)
 
     m = Py_InitModule4("exceptions", functions, exceptions_doc,
         (PyObject *)NULL, PYTHON_API_VERSION);
@@ -2097,6 +2104,7 @@
     POST_INIT(FutureWarning)
     POST_INIT(ImportWarning)
     POST_INIT(UnicodeWarning)
+    POST_INIT(BytesWarning)
 
     PyExc_MemoryErrorInst = BaseException_new(&_PyExc_MemoryError, NULL, NULL);
     if (!PyExc_MemoryErrorInst)
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index e3377f3..e7d84ad 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -1986,6 +1986,9 @@
 	if (PyType_Ready(&PyString_Type) < 0)
 		Py_FatalError("Can't initialize 'str'");
 
+	if (PyType_Ready(&PyBytes_Type) < 0)
+		Py_FatalError("Can't initialize 'bytes'");
+
 	if (PyType_Ready(&PyList_Type) < 0)
 		Py_FatalError("Can't initialize 'list'");
 
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/ctype.h b/Objects/stringlib/ctype.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8951276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/ctype.h
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/* NOTE: this API is -ONLY- for use with single byte character strings. */
+/* Do not use it with Unicode. */
+
+#include "bytes_methods.h"
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_isspace(PyObject *self)
+{
+    return _Py_bytes_isspace(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_isalpha(PyObject *self)
+{
+    return _Py_bytes_isalpha(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_isalnum(PyObject *self)
+{
+    return _Py_bytes_isalnum(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_isdigit(PyObject *self)
+{
+    return _Py_bytes_isdigit(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_islower(PyObject *self)
+{
+    return _Py_bytes_islower(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_isupper(PyObject *self)
+{
+    return _Py_bytes_isupper(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_istitle(PyObject *self)
+{
+    return _Py_bytes_istitle(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+}
+
+
+/* functions that return a new object partially translated by ctype funcs: */
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_lower(PyObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject* newobj;
+    newobj = STRINGLIB_NEW(NULL, STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+    if (!newobj)
+            return NULL;
+    _Py_bytes_lower(STRINGLIB_STR(newobj), STRINGLIB_STR(self),
+                 STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+    return newobj;
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_upper(PyObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject* newobj;
+    newobj = STRINGLIB_NEW(NULL, STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+    if (!newobj)
+            return NULL;
+    _Py_bytes_upper(STRINGLIB_STR(newobj), STRINGLIB_STR(self),
+                 STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+    return newobj;
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_title(PyObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject* newobj;
+    newobj = STRINGLIB_NEW(NULL, STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+    if (!newobj)
+            return NULL;
+    _Py_bytes_title(STRINGLIB_STR(newobj), STRINGLIB_STR(self),
+                 STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+    return newobj;
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_capitalize(PyObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject* newobj;
+    newobj = STRINGLIB_NEW(NULL, STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+    if (!newobj)
+            return NULL;
+    _Py_bytes_capitalize(STRINGLIB_STR(newobj), STRINGLIB_STR(self),
+                      STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+    return newobj;
+}
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_swapcase(PyObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject* newobj;
+    newobj = STRINGLIB_NEW(NULL, STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+    if (!newobj)
+            return NULL;
+    _Py_bytes_swapcase(STRINGLIB_STR(newobj), STRINGLIB_STR(self),
+                    STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+    return newobj;
+}
+
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h b/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe478c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/transmogrify.h
@@ -0,0 +1,362 @@
+/* NOTE: this API is -ONLY- for use with single byte character strings. */
+/* Do not use it with Unicode. */
+
+#include "bytes_methods.h"
+
+#ifndef STRINGLIB_MUTABLE
+#warning "STRINGLIB_MUTABLE not defined before #include, assuming 0"
+#define STRINGLIB_MUTABLE 0
+#endif
+
+/* the more complicated methods.  parts of these should be pulled out into the
+   shared code in bytes_methods.c to cut down on duplicate code bloat.  */
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(expandtabs__doc__,
+"B.expandtabs([tabsize]) -> copy of B\n\
+\n\
+Return a copy of B where all tab characters are expanded using spaces.\n\
+If tabsize is not given, a tab size of 8 characters is assumed.");
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_expandtabs(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    const char *e, *p;
+    char *q;
+    Py_ssize_t i, j, old_j;
+    PyObject *u;
+    int tabsize = 8;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|i:expandtabs", &tabsize))
+	return NULL;
+
+    /* First pass: determine size of output string */
+    i = j = old_j = 0;
+    e = STRINGLIB_STR(self) + STRINGLIB_LEN(self);
+    for (p = STRINGLIB_STR(self); p < e; p++)
+        if (*p == '\t') {
+	    if (tabsize > 0) {
+		j += tabsize - (j % tabsize);
+                /* XXX: this depends on a signed integer overflow to < 0 */
+                /* C compilers, including gcc, do -NOT- guarantee this. */
+		if (old_j > j) {
+		    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+				    "result is too long");
+		    return NULL;
+		}
+		old_j = j;
+            }
+	}
+        else {
+            j++;
+            if (*p == '\n' || *p == '\r') {
+                i += j;
+                old_j = j = 0;
+                /* XXX: this depends on a signed integer overflow to < 0 */
+                /* C compilers, including gcc, do -NOT- guarantee this. */
+                if (i < 0) {
+                    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+                                    "result is too long");
+                    return NULL;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    if ((i + j) < 0) {
+        /* XXX: this depends on a signed integer overflow to < 0 */
+        /* C compilers, including gcc, do -NOT- guarantee this. */
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "result is too long");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* Second pass: create output string and fill it */
+    u = STRINGLIB_NEW(NULL, i + j);
+    if (!u)
+        return NULL;
+
+    j = 0;
+    q = STRINGLIB_STR(u);
+
+    for (p = STRINGLIB_STR(self); p < e; p++)
+        if (*p == '\t') {
+	    if (tabsize > 0) {
+		i = tabsize - (j % tabsize);
+		j += i;
+		while (i--)
+		    *q++ = ' ';
+	    }
+	}
+	else {
+            j++;
+	    *q++ = *p;
+            if (*p == '\n' || *p == '\r')
+                j = 0;
+        }
+
+    return u;
+}
+
+Py_LOCAL_INLINE(PyObject *)
+pad(PyObject *self, Py_ssize_t left, Py_ssize_t right, char fill)
+{
+    PyObject *u;
+
+    if (left < 0)
+        left = 0;
+    if (right < 0)
+        right = 0;
+
+    if (left == 0 && right == 0 && STRINGLIB_CHECK_EXACT(self)) {
+#if STRINGLIB_MUTABLE
+        /* We're defined as returning a copy;  If the object is mutable
+         * that means we must make an identical copy. */
+        return STRINGLIB_NEW(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+#else
+        Py_INCREF(self);
+        return (PyObject *)self;
+#endif /* STRINGLIB_MUTABLE */
+    }
+
+    u = STRINGLIB_NEW(NULL,
+				   left + STRINGLIB_LEN(self) + right);
+    if (u) {
+        if (left)
+            memset(STRINGLIB_STR(u), fill, left);
+        Py_MEMCPY(STRINGLIB_STR(u) + left,
+	       STRINGLIB_STR(self),
+	       STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+        if (right)
+            memset(STRINGLIB_STR(u) + left + STRINGLIB_LEN(self),
+		   fill, right);
+    }
+
+    return u;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(ljust__doc__,
+"B.ljust(width[, fillchar]) -> copy of B\n"
+"\n"
+"Return B left justified in a string of length width. Padding is\n"
+"done using the specified fill character (default is a space).");
+
+static PyObject *
+stringlib_ljust(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t width;
+    char fillchar = ' ';
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "n|c:ljust", &width, &fillchar))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (STRINGLIB_LEN(self) >= width && STRINGLIB_CHECK_EXACT(self)) {
+#if STRINGLIB_MUTABLE
+        /* We're defined as returning a copy;  If the object is mutable
+         * that means we must make an identical copy. */
+        return STRINGLIB_NEW(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+#else
+        Py_INCREF(self);
+        return (PyObject*) self;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    return pad(self, 0, width - STRINGLIB_LEN(self), fillchar);
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(rjust__doc__,
+"B.rjust(width[, fillchar]) -> copy of B\n"
+"\n"
+"Return B right justified in a string of length width. Padding is\n"
+"done using the specified fill character (default is a space)");
+
+static PyObject *
+stringlib_rjust(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t width;
+    char fillchar = ' ';
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "n|c:rjust", &width, &fillchar))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (STRINGLIB_LEN(self) >= width && STRINGLIB_CHECK_EXACT(self)) {
+#if STRINGLIB_MUTABLE
+        /* We're defined as returning a copy;  If the object is mutable
+         * that means we must make an identical copy. */
+        return STRINGLIB_NEW(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+#else
+        Py_INCREF(self);
+        return (PyObject*) self;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    return pad(self, width - STRINGLIB_LEN(self), 0, fillchar);
+}
+
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(center__doc__,
+"B.center(width[, fillchar]) -> copy of B\n"
+"\n"
+"Return B centered in a string of length width.  Padding is\n"
+"done using the specified fill character (default is a space).");
+
+static PyObject *
+stringlib_center(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t marg, left;
+    Py_ssize_t width;
+    char fillchar = ' ';
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "n|c:center", &width, &fillchar))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (STRINGLIB_LEN(self) >= width && STRINGLIB_CHECK_EXACT(self)) {
+#if STRINGLIB_MUTABLE
+        /* We're defined as returning a copy;  If the object is mutable
+         * that means we must make an identical copy. */
+        return STRINGLIB_NEW(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+#else
+        Py_INCREF(self);
+        return (PyObject*) self;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    marg = width - STRINGLIB_LEN(self);
+    left = marg / 2 + (marg & width & 1);
+
+    return pad(self, left, marg - left, fillchar);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(zfill__doc__,
+"B.zfill(width) -> copy of B\n"
+"\n"
+"Pad a numeric string B with zeros on the left, to fill a field\n"
+"of the specified width.  B is never truncated.");
+
+static PyObject *
+stringlib_zfill(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t fill;
+    PyObject *s;
+    char *p;
+    Py_ssize_t width;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "n:zfill", &width))
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (STRINGLIB_LEN(self) >= width) {
+        if (STRINGLIB_CHECK_EXACT(self)) {
+#if STRINGLIB_MUTABLE
+            /* We're defined as returning a copy;  If the object is mutable
+             * that means we must make an identical copy. */
+            return STRINGLIB_NEW(STRINGLIB_STR(self), STRINGLIB_LEN(self));
+#else
+            Py_INCREF(self);
+            return (PyObject*) self;
+#endif
+        }
+        else
+            return STRINGLIB_NEW(
+                STRINGLIB_STR(self),
+                STRINGLIB_LEN(self)
+            );
+    }
+
+    fill = width - STRINGLIB_LEN(self);
+
+    s = pad(self, fill, 0, '0');
+
+    if (s == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    p = STRINGLIB_STR(s);
+    if (p[fill] == '+' || p[fill] == '-') {
+        /* move sign to beginning of string */
+        p[0] = p[fill];
+        p[fill] = '0';
+    }
+
+    return (PyObject*) s;
+}
+
+
+#define _STRINGLIB_SPLIT_APPEND(data, left, right)		\
+	str = STRINGLIB_NEW((data) + (left),	                \
+					 (right) - (left));	\
+	if (str == NULL)					\
+		goto onError;					\
+	if (PyList_Append(list, str)) {				\
+		Py_DECREF(str);					\
+		goto onError;					\
+	}							\
+	else							\
+		Py_DECREF(str);
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(splitlines__doc__,
+"B.splitlines([keepends]) -> list of lines\n\
+\n\
+Return a list of the lines in B, breaking at line boundaries.\n\
+Line breaks are not included in the resulting list unless keepends\n\
+is given and true.");
+
+static PyObject*
+stringlib_splitlines(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    register Py_ssize_t i;
+    register Py_ssize_t j;
+    Py_ssize_t len;
+    int keepends = 0;
+    PyObject *list;
+    PyObject *str;
+    char *data;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|i:splitlines", &keepends))
+        return NULL;
+
+    data = STRINGLIB_STR(self);
+    len = STRINGLIB_LEN(self);
+
+    /* This does not use the preallocated list because splitlines is
+       usually run with hundreds of newlines.  The overhead of
+       switching between PyList_SET_ITEM and append causes about a
+       2-3% slowdown for that common case.  A smarter implementation
+       could move the if check out, so the SET_ITEMs are done first
+       and the appends only done when the prealloc buffer is full.
+       That's too much work for little gain.*/
+
+    list = PyList_New(0);
+    if (!list)
+        goto onError;
+
+    for (i = j = 0; i < len; ) {
+	Py_ssize_t eol;
+
+	/* Find a line and append it */
+	while (i < len && data[i] != '\n' && data[i] != '\r')
+	    i++;
+
+	/* Skip the line break reading CRLF as one line break */
+	eol = i;
+	if (i < len) {
+	    if (data[i] == '\r' && i + 1 < len &&
+		data[i+1] == '\n')
+		i += 2;
+	    else
+		i++;
+	    if (keepends)
+		eol = i;
+	}
+	_STRINGLIB_SPLIT_APPEND(data, j, eol);
+	j = i;
+    }
+    if (j < len) {
+	_STRINGLIB_SPLIT_APPEND(data, j, len);
+    }
+
+    return list;
+
+ onError:
+    Py_XDECREF(list);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+#undef _STRINGLIB_SPLIT_APPEND
+
diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index ed2ffdd..4c36e4b 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -953,6 +953,8 @@
 		if (PyUnicode_Check(bb))
 		    return PyUnicode_Concat((PyObject *)a, bb);
 #endif
+		if (PyBytes_Check(bb))
+		    return PyBytes_Concat((PyObject *)a, bb);
 		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 			     "cannot concatenate 'str' and '%.200s' objects",
 			     Py_TYPE(bb)->tp_name);
@@ -1303,6 +1305,13 @@
 	return Py_SIZE(self);
 }
 
+static int
+string_buffer_getbuffer(PyStringObject *self, Py_buffer *view, int flags)
+{
+	return PyBuffer_FillInfo(view, (void *)self->ob_sval, Py_SIZE(self),
+				 0, flags);
+}
+
 static PySequenceMethods string_as_sequence = {
 	(lenfunc)string_length, /*sq_length*/
 	(binaryfunc)string_concat, /*sq_concat*/
@@ -1325,6 +1334,8 @@
 	(writebufferproc)string_buffer_getwritebuf,
 	(segcountproc)string_buffer_getsegcount,
 	(charbufferproc)string_buffer_getcharbuf,
+	(getbufferproc)string_buffer_getbuffer,
+	0, /* XXX */
 };
 
 
@@ -4122,7 +4133,8 @@
 	0,					/* tp_setattro */
 	&string_as_buffer,			/* tp_as_buffer */
 	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_CHECKTYPES |
-		Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_STRING_SUBCLASS,		/* tp_flags */
+		Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_STRING_SUBCLASS |
+		Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_NEWBUFFER,	/* tp_flags */
 	string_doc,				/* tp_doc */
 	0,					/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 214e601..6b732dd 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -3763,6 +3763,8 @@
 		COPYBUF(bf_getwritebuffer);
 		COPYBUF(bf_getsegcount);
 		COPYBUF(bf_getcharbuffer);
+		COPYBUF(bf_getbuffer);
+		COPYBUF(bf_releasebuffer);
 	}
 
 	basebase = base->tp_base;
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 5dd89c4..c5acd1b 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -1076,7 +1076,13 @@
     if (PyString_Check(obj)) {
 	    s = PyString_AS_STRING(obj);
 	    len = PyString_GET_SIZE(obj);
-	    }
+    }
+    else if (PyBytes_Check(obj)) {
+        /* Python 2.x specific */
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "decoding bytearray is not supported");
+        return NULL;
+    }
     else if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(obj, &s, &len)) {
 	/* Overwrite the error message with something more useful in
 	   case of a TypeError. */
diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcproj
index f721ac7..b02703a 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcproj
@@ -655,6 +655,14 @@
 				>
 			</File>
 			<File
+				RelativePath="..\Include\bytesobject.h"
+				>
+			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\Include\bytes_methods.h"
+				>
+			</File>
+			<File
 				RelativePath="..\Include\cellobject.h"
 				>
 			</File>
@@ -1347,6 +1355,14 @@
 				>
 			</File>
 			<File
+				RelativePath="..\Objects\bytesobject.c"
+				>
+			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\Objects\bytes_methods.c"
+				>
+			</File>
+			<File
 				RelativePath="..\Objects\cellobject.c"
 				>
 			</File>
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index c760dcb..1c36fe5 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1437,6 +1437,13 @@
 			ord = (long)((unsigned char)*PyString_AS_STRING(obj));
 			return PyInt_FromLong(ord);
 		}
+	} else if (PyBytes_Check(obj)) {
+		size = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(obj);
+		if (size == 1) {
+			ord = (long)((unsigned char)*PyBytes_AS_STRING(obj));
+			return PyInt_FromLong(ord);
+		}
+
 #ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 	} else if (PyUnicode_Check(obj)) {
 		size = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(obj);
@@ -2552,6 +2559,7 @@
 	SETBUILTIN("basestring",	&PyBaseString_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("bool",		&PyBool_Type);
 	/*	SETBUILTIN("memoryview",        &PyMemoryView_Type); */
+	SETBUILTIN("bytearray",		&PyBytes_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("bytes",		&PyString_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("buffer",		&PyBuffer_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("classmethod",	&PyClassMethod_Type);
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index b8d516d..226fee3 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 int Py_InteractiveFlag; /* Needed by Py_FdIsInteractive() below */
 int Py_InspectFlag; /* Needed to determine whether to exit at SystemError */
 int Py_NoSiteFlag; /* Suppress 'import site' */
+int Py_BytesWarningFlag; /* Warn on str(bytes) and str(buffer) */
 int Py_DontWriteBytecodeFlag; /* Suppress writing bytecode files (*.py[co]) */
 int Py_UseClassExceptionsFlag = 1; /* Needed by bltinmodule.c: deprecated */
 int Py_FrozenFlag; /* Needed by getpath.c */
@@ -193,6 +194,9 @@
 	if (!_PyInt_Init())
 		Py_FatalError("Py_Initialize: can't init ints");
 
+	if (!PyBytes_Init())
+		Py_FatalError("Py_Initialize: can't init bytearray");
+
 	_PyFloat_Init();
 
 	interp->modules = PyDict_New();
@@ -251,8 +255,28 @@
 #endif /* WITH_THREAD */
 
 	warnings_module = PyImport_ImportModule("warnings");
-	if (!warnings_module)
+	if (!warnings_module) {
 		PyErr_Clear();
+	}
+	else {
+		PyObject *o;
+		char *action[8];
+
+		if (Py_BytesWarningFlag > 1)
+			*action = "error";
+		else if (Py_BytesWarningFlag)
+			*action = "default";
+		else
+			*action = "ignore";
+
+		o = PyObject_CallMethod(warnings_module,
+					"simplefilter", "sO",
+					*action, PyExc_BytesWarning);
+		if (o == NULL)
+			Py_FatalError("Py_Initialize: can't initialize"
+				      "warning filter for BytesWarning.");
+		Py_DECREF(o);
+        }
 
 #if defined(Py_USING_UNICODE) && defined(HAVE_LANGINFO_H) && defined(CODESET)
 	/* On Unix, set the file system encoding according to the
@@ -471,6 +495,7 @@
 	PyList_Fini();
 	PySet_Fini();
 	PyString_Fini();
+	PyBytes_Fini();
 	PyInt_Fini();
 	PyFloat_Fini();
 	PyDict_Fini();