document __bytes__ special method (closes #13259)

document bytes special method (closes #13259)
1fafc1a1 · Benjamin Peterson · d6ca6c2b · 1fafc1a1
Commit 1fafc1a1 authored Oct 25, 2011 by Benjamin Peterson
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@@ -1157,6 +1157,14 @@ Basic customization
   .. XXX what about subclasses of string?


+.. method:: object.__bytes__(self)
+
+   .. index:: builtin: bytes
+
+   Called by :func:`bytes` to compute a byte-string representation of an
+   object. This should return a ``bytes`` object.
+
+
 .. method:: object.__format__(self, format_spec)

   .. index::