Merge PR #3310

Author: wesm

RELEASE.rst

@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ pandas 0.11.0
   - DataFrame where with a datetimelike incorrectly selecting (GH3311_)
   - Ensure index casts work even in Int64Index
   - Fix set_index segfault when passing MultiIndex (GH3308_)
+  - Ensure pickles created in py2 can be read in py3
 
 .. _GH3294: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3294
 .. _GH622: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/622

pandas/core/common.py

@@ -1575,12 +1575,12 @@ def load(path):
     -------
     unpickled : type of object stored in file
     """
-    f = open(path, 'rb')
     try:
-        return pickle.load(f)
-    finally:
-        f.close()
-
+        with open(path,'rb') as fh:
+            return pickle.load(fh)
+    except:
+        with open(path,'rb') as fh:
+            return pickle.load(fh, encoding='latin1')
 
 class UTF8Recoder:
     """