From 6d86db32a66a05fd15eb4a6ca7cd46d322deb13a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavel Koneski <pavel.koneski@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 17:04:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Remove automatic conversion from string to ByteArray in
 Binder

---
 .../Runtime/Binding/ConversionBinder.cs           | 15 +--------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Src/IronPython/Runtime/Binding/ConversionBinder.cs b/Src/IronPython/Runtime/Binding/ConversionBinder.cs
index 6c69deac4..b5f47559d 100644
--- a/Src/IronPython/Runtime/Binding/ConversionBinder.cs
+++ b/Src/IronPython/Runtime/Binding/ConversionBinder.cs
@@ -170,20 +170,7 @@ internal DynamicMetaObject FallbackConvert(Type returnType, DynamicMetaObject se
 
                         // Interface conversion helpers...
                         if (genTo == typeof(IList<>)) {
-                            if (self.LimitType == typeof(string)) {
-                                res = new DynamicMetaObject(
-                                    Ast.Call(
-                                        typeof(PythonOps).GetMethod(nameof(PythonOps.MakeByteArray)),
-                                        AstUtils.Convert(self.Expression, typeof(string))
-                                    ),
-                                    BindingRestrictions.GetTypeRestriction(
-                                        self.Expression,
-                                        typeof(string)
-                                    )
-                                );
-                            } else {
-                                res = TryToGenericInterfaceConversion(self, type, typeof(IList<object>), typeof(ListGenericWrapper<>));
-                            }
+                            res = TryToGenericInterfaceConversion(self, type, typeof(IList<object>), typeof(ListGenericWrapper<>));
                         } else if (genTo == typeof(IDictionary<,>)) {
                             res = TryToGenericInterfaceConversion(self, type, typeof(IDictionary<object, object>), typeof(DictionaryGenericWrapper<,>));
                         } else if (genTo == typeof(IEnumerable<>)) {