make assigning to a bytes literal a syntax error (closes #11506)
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
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