> > The escaping that repr() does is *not* to achieve unambiguity, > > but to achieve printability. > > Well, if that is the case, then I withdraw my comments pretty much > entirely, and apologize for the noise. I think you've already > specified what is needed to achieve printability correctly.
After I posted this, I read Guido's earlier message that the case may not be as clear. So please take this as my own opinion, not as a given - some people apparently want repr to provide unambiguous output also. If so, I still don't think the security mechanisms of Unicode apply - if you have combining characters in the string, and the precombined version also exists in Unicode, then those algorithms may still not help. Likewise for compatibility characters. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
