martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde problem doesnt display representation strings identifier names unambiguous way akmot could allascii could allcyrillic could mixture ascii cyrillic greek dont see problem yes happen problem unless lost thread still talking repr regular strings right choosing standard python repertoire based unicode standard course characters get graphic repr ones get uescaped posthook repr gets passed string repr proposes print mean display characters form valid identifier would good since would disallow display symbols regards martin _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 083249 0200 python3000 displaying strings containing unicode escapes