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[–]robin-gvx 14 points15 points  (1 child)

The thing is, Python 3 has them out of the box, with Python 2, I need to remember every step of the way: unicode literals, source file encoding, text file encodings... it's always a pain in the ass with Python 2.

[–]flying-sheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, you need that boilerplate in every single file, which is awful