[Python-3000] PEP 3137: Immutable Bytes and Mutable Buffer

[Guido van Rossum]

I think I've been convinced that b[0] should return an int in range(256).

To Joel Bender: octet is not, and never will be a technical term for
Python. It is a silly standards body compromise.

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