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/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()