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  1. Python Driver
  2. PYTHON-3449

Implement buffer.h in terms of PyByteArray in order to avoid memory copy

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      bernie@mongodb.com had the idea to re-implement buffer.h in terms of PyByteArray in order to avoid the big memory copy at the end of BSON encoding. The C api methods would return bytearray instead of bytes.

      https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/bytearray.html
      https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/bytearray.html#c.PyByteArray_Resize
      https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/bytearray.html#c.PyByteArray_AsString

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            shane.harvey@mongodb.com Shane Harvey
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