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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-06-11 18:37:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-06-11 18:37:52 +0000 |
| commit | 3e4813394e9f96c08604ac16b15cca199f869480 (patch) | |
| tree | 8664141a6b941dd5c7789bf6d63b9bb5f7f824c0 /Misc/NEWS | |
| parent | a7746fb3fa5cec034d5944c3e7e03727b916f048 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-3e4813394e9f96c08604ac16b15cca199f869480.tar.gz | |
#2630: Implement PEP 3138.
The repr() of a string now contains printable Unicode characters unescaped.
The new ascii() builtin can be used to get a repr() with only ASCII characters in it.
PEP and patch were written by Atsuo Ishimoto.
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's new in Python 3.0b1? Core and Builtins ----------------- +- Issue #2630: implement PEP 3138. repr() now returns printable + Unicode characters unescaped, to get an ASCII-only representation + of an object use ascii(). + - Issue #1342: On windows, Python could not start when installed in a directory with non-ascii characters. |