c_void_p.from_param accepts bytes. Fix test_prototypes.

Lib/ctypes/test/test_prototypes.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class CharPointersTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         func.argtypes = c_void_p,
 
         self.failUnlessEqual(None, func(None))
-        self.failUnlessEqual("123", func("123"))
+        self.failUnlessEqual("123", func(b"123"))
         self.failUnlessEqual("123", func(c_char_p("123")))
         self.failUnlessEqual(None, func(c_char_p(None)))
 

Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c

@@ -1268,11 +1268,29 @@ c_void_p_from_param(PyObject *type, PyObject *value)
 		}
 		return (PyObject *)parg;
 	}
+	/* XXX struni: remove later */
 /* string */
 	if (PyString_Check(value)) {
 		PyCArgObject *parg;
 		struct fielddesc *fd = getentry("z");
 
+		parg = new_CArgObject();
+		if (parg == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+		parg->pffi_type = &ffi_type_pointer;
+		parg->tag = 'z';
+		parg->obj = fd->setfunc(&parg->value, value, 0);
+		if (parg->obj == NULL) {
+			Py_DECREF(parg);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		return (PyObject *)parg;
+	}
+/* bytes */
+	if (PyBytes_Check(value)) {
+		PyCArgObject *parg;
+		struct fielddesc *fd = getentry("z");
+
 		parg = new_CArgObject();
 		if (parg == NULL)
 			return NULL;