nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom guido van rossum wrote wed apr 16 2008 1020 pm greg ewing wrote alex martelli wrote disagree always recommend using r display error message log entry etc string may error debugging messages yes output produced normal course operation file found consider latter category user typed wrong file name still string displayed respectfully disagree control characters string definitely escaped regarding printable characters outside ascii range see post another thread somehow nearly everybody appears missed sorry got usenet nod efforts working around problem display side proved futile anyone know delete aspn cookbook recipe youve realised fundamentally broken never going work cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 052049 1000 python3000 displaying strings containing unicode escapes interactive prompt