diff --git a/libcxx/test/pretty_printers/gdb_pretty_printer_test.py b/libcxx/test/pretty_printers/gdb_pretty_printer_test.py
--- a/libcxx/test/pretty_printers/gdb_pretty_printer_test.py
+++ b/libcxx/test/pretty_printers/gdb_pretty_printer_test.py
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
                 check_literal = expectation_val.string()
                 test_fails = not re.match(check_literal, value)
             else:
-                check_literal_string = expectation_val.string(encoding="utf-8")
-                check_literal = check_literal_string.encode("utf-8")
+                check_literal = expectation_val.string(encoding="utf-8")
                 test_fails = value != check_literal
 
             if test_fails:
diff --git a/libcxx/utils/gdb/libcxx/printers.py b/libcxx/utils/gdb/libcxx/printers.py
--- a/libcxx/utils/gdb/libcxx/printers.py
+++ b/libcxx/utils/gdb/libcxx/printers.py
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 
 import re
 import gdb
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
+    py3k = True
+else:
+    py3k = False
 
 # One under-documented feature of the gdb pretty-printer API
 # is that clients can call any other member of the API
@@ -131,18 +137,23 @@
         def __init__(self, val):
             self.val = val
             self.child_iter = iter(self.val["__base_"].type.fields())
+            if not py3k:
+                self.child_iter.next == self.child_iter.__next__
             self.count = 0
 
         def __iter__(self):
             return self
 
-        def next(self):
+        def __next__(self):
             # child_iter raises StopIteration when appropriate.
-            field_name = self.child_iter.next()
+            field_name = self.child_iter.__next__()
             child = self.val["__base_"][field_name]["__value_"]
             self.count += 1
             return ("[%d]" % self.count, child)
 
+        if not py3k:
+            next = __next__
+
     def __init__(self, val):
         self.val = val
 
@@ -315,7 +326,7 @@
         def __iter__(self):
             return self
 
-        def next(self):
+        def __next__(self):
             """Retrieve the next element."""
 
             self.count += 1
@@ -332,6 +343,9 @@
                 self.offset = 0
             return ("[%d]" % self.count, outbit)
 
+        if not py3k:
+            next = __next__
+
     class _VectorIterator(object):
         """Class to iterate over the non-bool vector's children."""
 
@@ -343,7 +357,7 @@
         def __iter__(self):
             return self
 
-        def next(self):
+        def __next__(self):
             self.count += 1
             if self.item == self.end:
                 raise StopIteration
@@ -351,6 +365,9 @@
             self.item += 1
             return ("[%d]" % self.count, entry)
 
+        if not py3k:
+            next = __next__
+
     def __init__(self, val):
         """Set val, length, capacity, and iterator for bool and normal vectors."""
         self.val = val
@@ -404,7 +421,7 @@
         while value:
             index += 1
             will_yield = value % 2
-            value /= 2
+            value //= 2
             if will_yield:
                 yield index