The PEP 460 discussion threads made it clear that some of the participants that weren't around for the earlier parts of the Python 3 transition were struggling with the fundamental conceptual differences between the Python 2 and Python 3 text models. Since other folks (including Armin Ronacher) have also struggled with that distinction, I added a new question and answer to my Python 3 Q&A: http://python-notes.curiousefficiency.org/en/latest/python3/questions_and_an... Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia