Python 3's string type is simply Python 2's unicode. Python 3's bytes type is 2's string. Python 3 didn't fixed anything, they just cleared up the semantics bec

Python 3's string type is simply Python 2's unicode. Python 3's bytes type is 2's string. Python 3 didn't fixed anything, they just cleared up the semantics because way too many people expect a type called "string" to hold "text" - but often what they really mean is "unicode".