py/objstr: Make bytes(bytes_obj) return bytes_obj.

Calling the bytes constructor on a bytes object returns the original bytes
object.  This saves allocating a new instance, and matches CPython.

Signed-off-by: Iyassou Shimels <s.iyassou@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/py/objstr.c b/py/objstr.c
index a276a255e..84728e6f2 100644
--- a/py/objstr.c
+++ b/py/objstr.c
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t bytes_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type_in, size_t n_args, size
         return mp_const_empty_bytes;
     }
 
+    if (mp_obj_is_type(args[0], &mp_type_bytes)) {
+        return args[0];
+    }
+
     if (mp_obj_is_str(args[0])) {
         if (n_args < 2 || n_args > 3) {
             goto wrong_args;