Why was unicode() renamed to str() in Python 3?

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In Python 2, there are two different types: “str” and “unicode”. Since these are fundamentally different classes, it’s necessary for there to be a way to convert strings between them, hence the “str” and “unicode” constructors. However in Python 3, all strings are of type “str”. This removes the need...
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In Python 2, there are two different types: “str” and “unicode”. Since these are fundamentally different classes, it’s necessary for there to be a way to convert strings between them, hence the “str” and “unicode” constructors. However in Python 3, all strings are of type “str”. This removes the need for a separate “unicode” class (since unicode strings are, well, strings). read less
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