Issue #3756: make re.escape() handle bytes as well as str.
Patch by Andrew McNamara, reviewed and tweaked by myself.
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+- Issue #3756: make re.escape() handle bytes as well as str.
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 - Issue #3800: fix filter() related bug in formatter.py.
 
 - Issue #874900: fix behaviour of threading module after a fork.