make assigning to a bytes literal a syntax error (closes #11506)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
index 202770a..7faab91 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
Traceback (most recent call last):
SyntaxError: can't assign to literal
+>>> b"" = 1
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+SyntaxError: can't assign to literal
+
>>> `1` = 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a90aee9..b80bd52 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
- Issue #5587: add a repr to dict_proxy objects. Patch by David Stanek and
Daniel Urban.
+- Issue #11506: Trying to assign to a bytes literal should result in a
+ SyntaxError.
+
Library
-------
diff --git a/Python/ast.c b/Python/ast.c
index 590bc90..d97e951 100644
--- a/Python/ast.c
+++ b/Python/ast.c
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@
case Set_kind:
case Num_kind:
case Str_kind:
+ case Bytes_kind:
expr_name = "literal";
break;
case Ellipsis_kind: