bytes class extension with slices

[Sec42]

BPO	46866
Nosy	@serhiy-storchaka, @Sec42
Files	bytes_test.py: test case

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title = 'bytes class extension with slices'
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[Sec42]

When trying to extend the builtin bytes class, slices fall back to the builtin class.

class my_bytes(bytes):
  def dummy(self):
    print("dummy called")


x=my_bytes.fromhex("c0de c0de")
print(x.__class__)

print(x[1:].__class__)

x.__class__ returns <class '__main__.my_bytes'> as expected.

But x[1:].__class__ returns <class 'bytes'>

[serhiy-storchaka]

Yes, it is consistent with all of builtin types. If you want to return a different type, override __getitem__().