text_combined: martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde escaping repr achieve unambiguity achieve printability well case withdraw comments pretty much entirely apologize noise think youve already specified needed achieve printability correctly posted read guidos earlier message case may clear please take opinion given people apparently want repr provide unambiguous output also still dont think security mechanisms unicode apply combining characters string precombined version also exists unicode algorithms may still help likewise compatibility characters regards martin _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 084348 0200 python3000 displaying strings containing unicode escapes