Well, you can make both Python 2 & 3 string msg types be bytes with a note that bytes is the same as str in Python2. $ python2 Python 2.7.13 (default, Jul 21 2017, 03:24:34) >>> a = str('123') >>> type(a) >>> a = bytes('123') >>> type(a) --- [Visit Topic](https://discourse.ros.org/t/python3-and-strings/2392/10) or reply to this email to respond. If you do not want to receive messages from ros-users please use the unsubscribe link below. If you use the one above, you will stop all of ros-users from receiving updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ ros-users mailing list ros-users@lists.ros.org http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users Unsubscribe: