guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg fri apr 11 2008 555 oleg broytmann wrote stra b c currently wrong thing items nonascii strings calling repr produces xxx escapes instead readable representation merely calling str items instead repr isnt good enough dont want str1 2 return 1 2 wed need third form eek would preserve string quotes lenient nonascii personally think custom loop print values good enough guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 061319 0700 python3000 recursive str