IRC module not working properly with Python3 and SSL enabled

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SUMMARY

irc module fails
"unable to send to IRC: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

module IRC
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible/modules/notification/irc.py

ANSIBLE VERSION

# ansible-3 --version
ansible-3 2.6.0
  config file = /home/brq/mzink/Projects/RH/rhgs/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/brq/mzink/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-3
  python version = 3.6.5 (default, Mar 29 2018, 18:20:46) [GCC 8.0.1 20180317 (Red Hat 8.0.1-0.19)]

CONFIGURATION

ANSIBLE_PIPELINING(./ansible.cfg) = True
ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS(./ansible.cfg) = -o ControlPersist=30m -q
ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH(./ansible.cfg) = ~/.ssh/ansible-mux-%%r@%%h:%%p
DEFAULT_FORKS(./ansible.cfg) = 24
DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER(./ansible.cfg) = root
DEFAULT_SCP_IF_SSH(./ansible.cfg) = True
DEFAULT_TIMEOUT(./ansible.cfg) = 30
DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS(./ansible.cfg) = False
HOST_KEY_CHECKING(./ansible.cfg) = False
INVENTORY_IGNORE_EXTS(./ansible.cfg) = ['.yaml', 'data', 'volumes', 'nodes']
RETRY_FILES_ENABLED(./ansible.cfg) = False
RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH(./ansible.cfg) = /home/brq/mzink/.ansible/retry-files

OS / ENVIRONMENT

> uname -a
Linux windmill 4.17.3-200.fc28.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 26 14:17:07 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> cat /etc/fedora-release 
Fedora release 28 (Twenty Eight)

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "channel": "#chan",
            "color": "teal",
            "key": null,
            "msg": "some msg goes here",
            "nick": "ansibot",
            "nick_to": null,
            "part": false,
            "passwd": "VALUE_SPECIFIED_IN_NO_LOG_PARAMETER",
            "port": 6697,
            "server": "irc.server.com",
            "style": "none",
            "timeout": 30,
            "topic": null,
            "use_ssl": true
        }
    }

EXPECTED RESULTS

Working module

ACTUAL RESULTS

The full traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ansible_rg5fkxk0/ansible_module_irc.py", line 287, in main
    send_msg(msg, server, port, channel, nick_to, key, topic, nick, color, passwd, timeout, use_ssl, part, style)
  File "/tmp/ansible_rg5fkxk0/ansible_module_irc.py", line 189, in send_msg
    irc.send('PASS %s\r\n' % passwd)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/ssl.py", line 897, in send
    return self._sslobj.write(data)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/ssl.py", line 598, in write
    return self._sslobj.write(data)
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Works fine with python 2.7.

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• lib/ansible/modules/notification/irc.py

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