ocio_pybind_type.patch

diff --git a/src/bindings/python/PyConfigIOProxy.cpp b/src/bindings/python/PyConfigIOProxy.cpp
index 5d04161f..7e2f5538 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/PyConfigIOProxy.cpp
+++ b/src/bindings/python/PyConfigIOProxy.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct PyConfigIOProxy : ConfigIOProxy
 void bindPyConfigIOProxy(py::module & m)
 {
     py::bind_vector<std::vector<uint8_t>>(m, "vector_of_uint8_t");
+    py::implicitly_convertible<py::list, std::vector<uint8_t>>();
 
     py::class_<ConfigIOProxy, std::shared_ptr<ConfigIOProxy>, PyConfigIOProxy>(m, "PyConfigIOProxy")
         .def(py::init())
diff --git a/tests/python/ConfigTest.py b/tests/python/ConfigTest.py
index 57c09bdc..7dfa1eb1 100644
--- a/tests/python/ConfigTest.py
+++ b/tests/python/ConfigTest.py
@@ -1114,18 +1114,15 @@ colorspaces:
                 # This implementation is only to demonstrate the functionality.
 
                 # Simulate that the LUT are coming from some kind of in-memory location.
-                buffer = OCIO.vector_of_uint8_t()
                 if filepath == os.path.join('my_unique_luts', 'my_unique_lut1.clf'):
-                    encoded_c1_lut = C1_LUT.encode('utf-8')
-                    data = bytearray(encoded_c1_lut)
-                    for c in data:
-                        buffer.append(c)
+                    data = list(C1_LUT.encode('utf-8'))
                 elif filepath == os.path.join('my_unique_luts', 'my_unique_lut2.clf'):
-                    encoded_c2_lut = C2_LUT.encode('utf-8')
-                    data = bytearray(encoded_c2_lut)
+                    buffer = OCIO.vector_of_uint8_t()
+                    data = list(C2_LUT.encode('utf-8'))
                     for c in data:
                         buffer.append(c)
-                return buffer
+                    data = buffer
+                return data
 
             def getFastLutFileHash(self, filepath):
                 # This implementation is only to demonstrate the functionality.