There's all the pain of python 2's string/byte handling... is it a byte str? Or unicode code points? Python 2 likes to keep you guessing, and that's not a good

There's all the pain of python 2's string/byte handling... is it a byte str? Or unicode code points? Python 2 likes to keep you guessing, and that's not a good thing. If you haven't felt the pain here, there's a good chance your stuff is subtly broken in ways you may not be aware of.