[Python-Dev] Shouldn't I be able to print Unicode objects?

[Skip Montanaro]

Just catching up on a little c.l.py and I noticed the effbot's response to
the Unicode degree inquiry.  I tried to create and print one and got this:

    % python
    Python 2.1.1a1 (#9, Jun  4 2001, 11:32:33) 
    [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Linux-Mandrake 8.0 2.96-0.48mdk)] on linux2
    Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> u"\N{DEGREE SIGN}"
    u'\xb0'
    >>> print u"\N{DEGREE SIGN}"

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
    UnicodeError: ASCII encoding error: ordinal not in range(128)

Shouldn't I be able to print arbitrary Unicode objects?  What am I missing
(this time)?

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