Patch 1280, by Alexandre Vassalotti.
Make PyString's indexing and iteration return integers.
(I changed a few of Alexandre's decisions -- GvR.)
diff --git a/Lib/dis.py b/Lib/dis.py
index 200dee2..4cf452a 100644
--- a/Lib/dis.py
+++ b/Lib/dis.py
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@
     extended_arg = 0
     free = None
     while i < n:
-        c = code[i]
-        op = ord(c)
+        op = code[i]
         if i in linestarts:
             if i > 0:
                 print()
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@
         print(opname[op].ljust(20), end=' ')
         i = i+1
         if op >= HAVE_ARGUMENT:
-            oparg = ord(code[i]) + ord(code[i+1])*256 + extended_arg
+            oparg = code[i] + code[i+1]*256 + extended_arg
             extended_arg = 0
             i = i+2
             if op == EXTENDED_ARG:
@@ -162,8 +161,7 @@
     n = len(code)
     i = 0
     while i < n:
-        c = code[i]
-        op = ord(c)
+        op = code[i]
         if i == lasti: print('-->', end=' ')
         else: print('   ', end=' ')
         if i in labels: print('>>', end=' ')
@@ -172,7 +170,7 @@
         print(opname[op].ljust(15), end=' ')
         i = i+1
         if op >= HAVE_ARGUMENT:
-            oparg = ord(code[i]) + ord(code[i+1])*256
+            oparg = code[i] + code[i+1]*256
             i = i+2
             print(repr(oparg).rjust(5), end=' ')
             if op in hasconst:
@@ -208,11 +206,10 @@
     n = len(code)
     i = 0
     while i < n:
-        c = code[i]
-        op = ord(c)
+        op = code[i]
         i = i+1
         if op >= HAVE_ARGUMENT:
-            oparg = ord(code[i]) + ord(code[i+1])*256
+            oparg = code[i] + code[i+1]*256
             i = i+2
             label = -1
             if op in hasjrel:
@@ -230,8 +227,8 @@
     Generate pairs (offset, lineno) as described in Python/compile.c.
 
     """
-    byte_increments = [ord(c) for c in code.co_lnotab[0::2]]
-    line_increments = [ord(c) for c in code.co_lnotab[1::2]]
+    byte_increments = list(code.co_lnotab[0::2])
+    line_increments = list(code.co_lnotab[1::2])
 
     lastlineno = None
     lineno = code.co_firstlineno
diff --git a/Lib/encodings/__init__.py b/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
index ed25e91..87e5745 100644
--- a/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
         non-ASCII characters, these must be Latin-1 compatible.
 
     """
+    if isinstance(encoding, str8):
+        encoding = str(encoding, "ascii")
     chars = []
     punct = False
     for c in encoding:
diff --git a/Lib/modulefinder.py b/Lib/modulefinder.py
index a57911c..1dbc5bb 100644
--- a/Lib/modulefinder.py
+++ b/Lib/modulefinder.py
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
         consts = co.co_consts
         LOAD_LOAD_AND_IMPORT = LOAD_CONST + LOAD_CONST + IMPORT_NAME
         while code:
-            c = code[0]
+            c = chr(code[0])
             if c in STORE_OPS:
                 oparg, = unpack('<H', code[1:3])
                 yield "store", (names[oparg],)
diff --git a/Lib/sre_parse.py b/Lib/sre_parse.py
index 22e762b..bf3e23f 100644
--- a/Lib/sre_parse.py
+++ b/Lib/sre_parse.py
@@ -189,12 +189,18 @@
         if self.index >= len(self.string):
             self.next = None
             return
-        char = self.string[self.index]
-        if char[0] == "\\":
+        char = self.string[self.index:self.index+1]
+        # Special case for the str8, since indexing returns a integer
+        # XXX This is only needed for test_bug_926075 in test_re.py
+        if isinstance(self.string, str8):
+            char = chr(char)
+        if char == "\\":
             try:
                 c = self.string[self.index + 1]
             except IndexError:
                 raise error("bogus escape (end of line)")
+            if isinstance(self.string, str8):
+                char = chr(c)
             char = char + c
         self.index = self.index + len(char)
         self.next = char
diff --git a/Lib/test/string_tests.py b/Lib/test/string_tests.py
index cb8900d..9da062e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/string_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/string_tests.py
@@ -558,6 +558,10 @@
         a = self.type2test('DNSSEC')
         b = self.type2test('')
         for c in a:
+            # Special case for the str8, since indexing returns a integer
+            # XXX Maybe it would be a good idea to seperate str8's tests...
+            if self.type2test == str8:
+                c = chr(c)
             b += c
             hash(b)
         self.assertEqual(hash(a), hash(b))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
index 391a660..c7c6bd3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
         sample = str8("Hello world\n\x80\x81\xfe\xff")
         buf = memoryview(sample)
         b = bytes(buf)
-        self.assertEqual(b, bytes(map(ord, sample)))
+        self.assertEqual(b, bytes(sample))
 
     def test_to_str(self):
         sample = "Hello world\n\x80\x81\xfe\xff"
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_set.py b/Lib/test/test_set.py
index 3b8e747..86a5636 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_set.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_set.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(type(u), self.thetype)
         self.assertRaises(PassThru, self.s.union, check_pass_thru())
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.s.union, [[]])
-        for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, str8, list, tuple:
+        for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, list, tuple:
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').union(C('cdc')), set('abcd'))
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').union(C('efgfe')), set('abcefg'))
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').union(C('ccb')), set('abc'))
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(self.s, self.thetype(self.word))
         self.assertEqual(type(i), self.thetype)
         self.assertRaises(PassThru, self.s.intersection, check_pass_thru())
-        for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, str8, list, tuple:
+        for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, list, tuple:
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').intersection(C('cdc')), set('cc'))
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').intersection(C('efgfe')), set(''))
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').intersection(C('ccb')), set('bc'))
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(type(i), self.thetype)
         self.assertRaises(PassThru, self.s.difference, check_pass_thru())
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.s.difference, [[]])
-        for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, str8, list, tuple:
+        for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, list, tuple:
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').difference(C('cdc')), set('ab'))
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').difference(C('efgfe')), set('abc'))
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').difference(C('ccb')), set('a'))
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(type(i), self.thetype)
         self.assertRaises(PassThru, self.s.symmetric_difference, check_pass_thru())
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.s.symmetric_difference, [[]])
-        for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, str8, list, tuple:
+        for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, list, tuple:
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').symmetric_difference(C('cdc')), set('abd'))
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').symmetric_difference(C('efgfe')), set('abcefg'))
             self.assertEqual(self.thetype('abcba').symmetric_difference(C('ccb')), set('a'))
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(PassThru, self.s.update, check_pass_thru())
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.s.update, [[]])
         for p, q in (('cdc', 'abcd'), ('efgfe', 'abcefg'), ('ccb', 'abc'), ('ef', 'abcef')):
-            for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, str8, list, tuple:
+            for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, list, tuple:
                 s = self.thetype('abcba')
                 self.assertEqual(s.update(C(p)), None)
                 self.assertEqual(s, set(q))
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(PassThru, self.s.intersection_update, check_pass_thru())
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.s.intersection_update, [[]])
         for p, q in (('cdc', 'c'), ('efgfe', ''), ('ccb', 'bc'), ('ef', '')):
-            for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, str8, list, tuple:
+            for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, list, tuple:
                 s = self.thetype('abcba')
                 self.assertEqual(s.intersection_update(C(p)), None)
                 self.assertEqual(s, set(q))
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.s.difference_update, [[]])
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.s.symmetric_difference_update, [[]])
         for p, q in (('cdc', 'ab'), ('efgfe', 'abc'), ('ccb', 'a'), ('ef', 'abc')):
-            for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, str8, list, tuple:
+            for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, list, tuple:
                 s = self.thetype('abcba')
                 self.assertEqual(s.difference_update(C(p)), None)
                 self.assertEqual(s, set(q))
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(PassThru, self.s.symmetric_difference_update, check_pass_thru())
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.s.symmetric_difference_update, [[]])
         for p, q in (('cdc', 'abd'), ('efgfe', 'abcefg'), ('ccb', 'a'), ('ef', 'abcef')):
-            for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, str8, list, tuple:
+            for C in set, frozenset, dict.fromkeys, str, list, tuple:
                 s = self.thetype('abcba')
                 self.assertEqual(s.symmetric_difference_update(C(p)), None)
                 self.assertEqual(s, set(q))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_struct.py b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
index 83d7efb..cc6db32 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_struct.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
@@ -674,8 +674,8 @@
         elif not prefix and verbose:
             print('size of bool in native format is %i' % (len(packed)))
 
-        for c in str8('\x01\x7f\xff\x0f\xf0'):
-            if struct.unpack('>t', c)[0] is not True:
+        for c in b'\x01\x7f\xff\x0f\xf0':
+            if struct.unpack('>t', bytes([c]))[0] is not True:
                 raise TestFailed('%c did not unpack as True' % c)
 
 test_bool()