Merge pull request #8 from avsm/master

Release 1.0
Don't change the persist setting if unspecified
String.create -> Bytes.create
Added a .merlin file.
Added bytes package, fixing for OCaml < 4.02.
Merge pull request #9 from infidel/master

Don't change the persist setting if unspecified
Sync CHANGES and bump version to 1.1.0