remove bytes alias in multiprocessing

diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
index fb705cb690a66435bd1d70e6953d47d6f24ad452..f4da209fa61e12a97c8292249b96aed5b41ae72b 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from pickle import PicklingError
 
-#
-#
-#
-
-try:
-    bytes
-except NameError:
-    bytes = str                  # XXX not needed in Py2.6 and Py3.0
-
 #
 # Register some things for pickling
 #

diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
index e1189cff78214eef4999c653d0cc6bcd4554ec21..d5d3c401523acca8ebcbfe6f4ec62faca38cf7b8 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ try:
 except OSError:
     ORIGINAL_DIR = None
 
-try:
-    bytes
-except NameError:
-    bytes = str                  # XXX not needed in Py2.6 and Py3.0
-
 #
 # Public functions
 #