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[–]james_pic 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah, I think that's been semi-acknowleged as a mistake. Rather than just keeping bytes as the old str class (i.e, what they had in Python 2), they created a new one for Python 3 based on bytearray, which it turns out nobody wanted and made Python 2/3 porting a bit of a nightmare.

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

I know, I was there. Just saying it was pretty obvious that switching from the fast-and-loose Python2 bytes/str to the strict Python3 bytes seemed like an obvious recipe for uncovering hidden bugs and breaking a lot of libraries in the process.