Unicode File I/O Grief

[Martin v. Loewis]

Dale Strickland-Clark <dale at riverhall.NOTHANKS.co.uk> writes:

> >I recommend to do
> >
> >codecs.open('C:\\odd.txt', 'wb', encoding="utf-8").write(ucString)
> >
> >or
> >
> >file('C:\\odd.txt', 'wb').write(ucString.encode("utf-8"))
> >
> 
> But surely these translate the string before writing it?
> 
> I don't want it translated I want to see EXACTLY what's in there as it
> stands.

If, by "see", you mean "with my eyes", then the best way is to do

file('C:\\odd.txt', 'wb').write(repr(ucString))

This also translates the string; there is no way to "see" the Unicode
object, except perhaps by viewing the computer's hardware under an
electron microscope...

Regards,
Martin