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diff --git a/docs/topics/python3.txt b/docs/topics/python3.txt index 3f799edac7..b09c1d2347 100644 --- a/docs/topics/python3.txt +++ b/docs/topics/python3.txt @@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ In order to enable the same behavior in Python 2, every module must import my_string = "This is an unicode literal" my_bytestring = b"This is a bytestring" +If you need a byte string under Python 2 and a unicode string under Python 3, +use the :func:`str` builtin:: + + str('my string') + Be cautious if you have to `slice bytestrings`_. .. _slice bytestrings: http://docs.python.org/py3k/howto/pyporting.html#bytes-literals |