In Python3, when I'm reading a binary file why does 'b' become prepended to my content?
<p>For example I'm trying to read a file as follows</p>

<pre><code>fd = open('mydb.dbf', 'rb')
print(fd.read(1))
</code></pre>

<p>The output is:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>b'\x03'</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I wish for only '\x03'. Where is the extra character coming from?</p>
