Added bytes and b'' as aliases for str and ''

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_string.py b/Lib/test/test_string.py
index fdd431d..9b22333 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_string.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_string.py
@@ -106,8 +106,19 @@ class ModuleTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(string.capwords('ABC-DEF-GHI', '-'), 'Abc-Def-Ghi')
         self.assertEqual(string.capwords('ABC-def DEF-ghi GHI'), 'Abc-def Def-ghi Ghi')
 
+class BytesAliasTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_builtin(self):
+        self.assert_(str is bytes)
+
+    def test_syntax(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b"spam", "spam")
+        self.assertEqual(br"egg\foo", "egg\\foo")
+        self.assert_(type(b""), str)
+        self.assert_(type(br""), str)
+
 def test_main():
-    test_support.run_unittest(StringTest, ModuleTest)
+    test_support.run_unittest(StringTest, ModuleTest, BytesAliasTest)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()