nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom atsuo ishimoto wrote proposed make unicode repr output regular encoding thats implemented codec could easily change encoding whatever need application console think global setting flexible enough see benefit customizable repr except keep compatible python 2 think easy migrate existing code py3k theres bigger issue trying make whatever repr codec py3k unicodeunicode transformation doesnt mesh well py3ks strict unicodebytesbytesunicode encodingdecoding philosophy said would nice way easily stack unicodeunicode transforms top text io streams bytebyte transforms top binary streams cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 230152 1000 python3000 pep 3138 string representation python 3000