Fixes issue #6838: use a list to accumulate the value instead of repeatedly concatenating strings.
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+- Issue #6838: Use a list to accumulate the value instead of
+  repeatedly concatenating strings in httplib's
+  HTTPResponse._read_chunked providing a significant speed increase
+  when downloading large files servend with a Transfer-Encoding of 'chunked'.
+
 - Issue #6794: Fix Decimal.compare_total and Decimal.compare_total_mag: NaN
   payloads are now ordered by integer value rather than lexicographically.