[issue18240] hmac unnecessarily restricts input to "bytes"

[Christian Heimes]

Christian Heimes added the comment:

Your CLA came through and I have applied your patch. Thank you very much for your contribution!

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resolution:  -> fixed
stage: patch review -> committed/rejected
status: open -> closed

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