martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde def repr_asciiobj return strreprobjencodeascii backslashreplace ascii hard apply function reprcontainer reprcontainerencodeunicode_escape way least dont see way think atsuo envisioned invoke repr_asciicontainer knows string representations objects container know unicode object chance encode repr escape unescape result wrong way chance insist anything think printable repr reprencodeunicode_escape satisfy needs im pointing could problem dont know important dont think one except repr_ascii function also decode result back string returning regards martin _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 114436 0200 python3000 displaying strings containing unicode escapes