[✅] ready for merge: starlark: add 'bytes' data type, for binary strings #115
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This change defines a 'bytes' data type, an immutable string of bytes. In this Java implementation of Starlark, ordinary strings use strings of UTF-16 codes for the ordinary string type, and thus need a distinct type for byte strings.
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Attempts to fix bazelbuild/starlark#112