[New-bugs-announce] [issue46855] printing a string with strange characters loops forever

[svilen dobrev]

New submission from svilen dobrev <az at svilendobrev.com>:

$ python
Python 3.10.2 (main, Jan 15 2022, 19:56:27) [GCC 11.1.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> a= "Betrag gr\xc3\xb6\xc3\x9fer als Betrag der Original-Transaktion"
>>> a
'Betrag gröÃ\x9fer als Betrag der Original-Transaktion'
>>> print(a)
Betrag gröÃ~ 

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And above waits forever. Does not consume resources, but does not hear Ctrl-C. Ctrl-\ kills it.

The string above is just a byte string of the utf-8 representation, with forgotten "b" infront of it.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 414010
nosy: svild
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: printing a string with strange characters loops forever
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.10

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