[issue29159] Regression in bytes constructor

[Alexander Belopolsky]

Alexander Belopolsky added the comment:

Also relevant:

  * #20895 - Add bytes.empty_buffer and deprecate bytes(17) for the same purpose
  * PEP 467 - Minor API improvements for binary sequences

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