stephen j turnbull xjzvfpwxemacsorg lemburg writes nice means whole unicode database loaded every time interpreter starts ouch btw im sure possible break set ranges switch cases easy test without lookup code points database even end using database imported repr really need lookup code points outside latin1 range mean really need look right would disgusting simple rangebased repr builtin replace lookupbased repr defined unicode database _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 225529 0900 python3000 pep 3108 string representation python 3000