Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
I don't know what to make of this, but...
Python 3.3.0 (v3.3.0:bd8afb90ebf2, Sep 29 2012, 10:57:17) [MSC v.1600 64 bit
(AMD64)] on win32
Win7 pro, 24 gb mem
>>> x=(b'\\N{WHITE SMILING FACE' + b'x' * 2**32 + b'}')
>>> len(x)
4294967318
>>> y=x.decode('unicode-escape')
>>> len(y)
1
>>> y
'☺'
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nosy: +terry.reedy
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