[Python-3000] PEP 3138- String representation in Python 3000

[Greg Ewing]

Paul Moore wrote:
> The key point for me is that
> print(repr(arbitrary_string)) is *guaranteed* to display correctly,
> even on my limited-capability terminal, precisely because it only uses
> ASCII and no matter how dumb, all terminals I know of display ASCII.

That still sounds like something that the I/O object
connected to the terminal should deal with. You'll
have the same problem with any other unicode output
that ends up going to the terminal, so it has to
deal with it anyway.

-- 
Greg