nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom atsuo ishimoto wrote question happy forced live hacks forever think ill accept suggestion worked id happy use wherever made life easier dont work though point rather moot think attempting makes reasonable case problem raise cant adequately addressed purely display issue though indicating may time reconsider repr works strings originally suggested important information pep writer include counter arguments anyone initially similar attitude problem cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 051932 1000 python3000 displaying strings containing unicode escapes interactive prompt