diff -r 70bd1965bd07 -r e9592e113c31 contrib/byteify-strings.py --- a/contrib/byteify-strings.py Fri Aug 02 09:44:11 2019 +0200 +++ b/contrib/byteify-strings.py Fri Aug 02 09:48:13 2019 +0200 @@ -139,8 +139,10 @@ # components touching docstrings need to handle unicode, # unfortunately. if s[0:3] in ("'''", '"""'): - yield adjusttokenpos(t, coloffset) - continue + # If it's assigned to something, it's not a docstring + if not _isop(i - 1, '='): + yield adjusttokenpos(t, coloffset) + continue # If the first character isn't a quote, it is likely a string # prefixing character (such as 'b', 'u', or 'r'. Ignore.