py/objstringio: If created from immutable object, follow copy on write policy.

Don't create copy of immutable object's contents until .write() is called
on BytesIO.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/micropython/heapalloc_bytesio2.py b/tests/micropython/heapalloc_bytesio2.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd76f5807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/micropython/heapalloc_bytesio2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Creating BytesIO from immutable object should not immediately
+# copy its content.
+try:
+    import uio
+    import micropython
+    micropython.mem_total
+except (ImportError, AttributeError):
+    print("SKIP")
+    raise SystemExit
+
+
+data = b"1234" * 256
+
+before = micropython.mem_total()
+
+buf = uio.BytesIO(data)
+
+after = micropython.mem_total()
+
+print(after - before < len(data))