#18063: repr() should return only ascii, not unicode
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Reporter: guettli | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: reopened
Component: Database layer | Version: master
(models, ORM) | Resolution:
Severity: Normal | Triage Stage:
Keywords: | Unreviewed
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by guettli):
* status: closed => reopened
* resolution: needsinfo =>
Comment:
The Python documentation says about repr:
{{{
... so it is important that the representation is information-rich and
unambiguous
}}}
It should be **unambiguous**. For me a utf8 byte string is ambiguous. It
could by a pure binary string, or it could be an other encoding like
latin1. You get strange UnicodeErrors if you pass around utf8 byte strings
in Python 2.x. It is hard to get to the root of the problem, especially if
you are new to python.
I understand Karen that she is worried about [<Cat: Skittle (now Am?lie)>]
looking strange and broken. But this output is much better than a unicode
exception without any usable output.
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