I totally agree with you. > ... one is called "str" and represents a sequence of bytes ... The former is used while interacting with network protocols and file

I totally agree with you. > ... one is called "str" and represents a sequence of bytes ... The former is used while interacting with network protocols and files ... Python 3 actually got this wrong for years ... Actually some Japanese have suffered from this wrong design of Python 3. If you read Japanese, please see http://www.oki-osk.jp/esc/python/upload-cgi/v2.html#3 http://www.oki-osk.jp/esc/python/upload-cgi/v2.html#3