jim jewett zuhbosedrugmailcom 42908 stephen j turnbull wrote atsuo ishimoto writes 2008417 stephen j turnbull choosing standard python repertoire based unicode standard course characters get graphic repr ones get uescaped posthook repr gets passed string repr proposes print standard repertoire exclude cyrillic fullwith ascii exclude nothing excluded proposal compatibility fullwidth ascii uescaped repr yes way proposal works backwards posthook may provided user think standard repertoire based unicode may confusing issue understand youre saying something like strings repr delegate display_string users supply display_string function appropriate system default display_string display ascii unicodeescape everything else except youre leaving wiggle room refinements like ok well display latin1 default past security reasons control character codes always escaped instead passing string_display jj _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 235738 0400 python3000 displaying strings containing unicode escapes