I'd like to respectfully disagree. I don't believe that there is a way to change how one of the fundamental types of a language works (string/unicode vs bytes/s

I'd like to respectfully disagree. I don't believe that there is a way to change how one of the fundamental types of a language works (string/unicode vs bytes/string) and make that a "smooth" transition. I know that is causes a lot of strain in the python community, but I applaud the core developers for doing that change, instead of getting stuck in the well-known "we have to support all legacy versions" hell.