[Python-3000] Displaying strings containing unicode escapes at the interactive prompt

[atsuo ishimoto]

2008/4/16, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>:
> Note that this can be a feature too! You might have a filename that
>  *looks* normal but contains a character from a different language --
>  the \u encoding will show you the problem.

You won't call it a feature, if your *normal* encoding was koi8-r.