[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Feature Requests-617979 ] need easy way of decoding a literal

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Feature Requests item #617979, was opened at 2002-10-03 09:00
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Category: Unicode
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 6
Submitted By: Michael Hudson (mwh)
Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Summary: need easy way of decoding a literal

Initial Comment:
Especially since PEP 263, we badly need a way of
turning a Python string literal into the appropriate
object.

The immediate need is to get the compiler package
working again, but I'm sure there are other places it
could be used.

I thought Martin already had a patch somewhere doing
this, but I can't find it.  Maybe he remembers?

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