Extends :meth:`~configparser.ConfigParser.set` by auto formatting byte strings into unicode strings.

def update(self, **kwargs):
        """
        Extends :meth:`~configparser.ConfigParser.set` by auto formatting byte strings into unicode strings.
        """
        # Override the template values with the override values.
        for s in config.sections():
            for o in config.options(s):
                override = kwargs.pop(o, None)
                if override:
                    config.set(s, o, override)