There's a smooth upgrade path via importing from `__future__`, but that doesn't help if you've been ignoring non-text data in your strings. The automatic 2to3 t

There's a smooth upgrade path via importing from `__future__`, but that doesn't help if you've been ignoring non-text data in your strings. The automatic 2to3 translators don't know what de/encoding you want to use. Upgrading to 3 doesn't cause bugs, it reveals bugs that many people would rather brush under the rug.