[3.11] gh-91181: drop support for bytes on sys.path (GH-31934) #94914
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Support for bytes broke sometime between Python 3.2 and 3.6 and has been broken ever since. Trying to bring back supports is surprisingly difficult in the face of -b and checking for keys in sys.path_importer_cache. Since the support was broken for so long, trying to overcome the difficulty of bringing back the support has been deemed not worth it.
Co-authored-by: Eryk Sun eryksun@gmail.com
Co-authored-by: Brett Cannon brett@python.org
(cherry picked from commit 6da988a)
Co-authored-by: Thomas Grainger tagrain@gmail.com
Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:brettcannon