[issue6215] Backport the IO lib to trunk

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

Please note that test_io leaks references because of #2521. Otherwise
it's fine.

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nosy: +alexandre.vassalotti, amaury.forgeotdarc, benjamin.peterson

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