[issue36051] Drop the GIL during large bytes.join operations?

[Bruce Merry]

Bruce Merry <bmerry at gmail.com> added the comment:

> I'll take a look at extra unit tests soon. Do you know off the top of your head where to look for existing `join` tests to add to?

Never mind, I found it: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/92709a263e9cec0bc646ccc1ea051fc528800d8d/Lib/test/test_bytes.py#L535-L559

Do you think it would be sufficient to change the stress test from joining 1000 items to joining 100000 items?

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