[Python-Dev] Should repr() of string should observe locale?

There have been some requests (Francois Pinard, recently Alexander Voinov) that repr() of a string should not use escape sequences for characters that are printable according to the locale. I don't have the time to write a PEP or implement it (although it should be simple enough) but it needs to be recorded as a feature that I think is good (that's at least a +0). --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)