[issue4564] bytearray.fromhex doesn't respect bytearray subclass

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa at gmail.com> added the comment:

The same kind of request has been rejected several times: issue2267, 
issue1562.

The explanation given is here:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-January/300791.html
"""a base class has no idea what requirements may exist for invoking a 
subclass's constructor"""

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nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc
resolution:  -> wont fix
status: open -> closed

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