[Python-Dev] repr vs. str and locales again

[Fredrik Lundh]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Jyrki's solution: use isprint(), which makes it locale-dependent.
> I can live with this.
>=20
> It needs a Py_CHARMASK() call but otherwise seems to be fine.
>=20
> Anybody got an opinion on this?  I'm +0.  I would even be +0 on a
> similar patch for unicode strings (once the ASCII proposal is
> implemented).

does ctype-related locale stuff really mix well with unicode?

if yes, -0. if no, +0.

(intuitively, I'd say no -- deprecate in 1.6, remove in 1.7)

(btw, what about "eval(repr(s)) =3D=3D s" ?)

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