> I'm specifically thinking of the damage done as part of the python 2->3 changes Though on the other hand, we can only the imagine of not doing those changes.

> I'm specifically thinking of the damage done as part of the python 2->3 changes Though on the other hand, we can only the imagine of not doing those changes. I reckon it would be at least as bad as the 2->3 changes. At the very least I wouldn't want to go back to a world where bytes and strings were unified.