R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> added the comment:

No, that's correct.  In python 2.x the 'bytes' stuff is just a portability aid. 
 In 2.x, bytes and string are the same type.  In Python 3 they aren't, so by 
using the 'fake' classes in python2 you can often make your code work correctly 
on both python2 and python3.

So, can this issue be closed, or do you think there is still might be a valid 
backward compatibility issue?

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