allow subclassing of bytes type

[mfenniak]

BPO	1171
Nosy	@gvanrossum
Files	bytes-subclass-patch.diff

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[mfenniak]

Uploading patch to make bytes type subclassable.

As e-mailed to python-3000 list during discussion with Guido, attached
patch to make bytes type subclassable. Included are unit tests, and a
minor fix for pickling subclass instances (including __dict__ in
bytes_reduce).

[gvanrossum]

Committed revision 58819.