On Oct 9, 9:46 pm, Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 06:37:04 -0700 (PDT), WaterWalk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Until Python 2.5, the exception object still uses ansi string. Thus, > >in the following example: > > >f = open(u"\u6d4b.log") > > >Suppose the file to open does not exist, the output message of the > >exception maybe like: > >[Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'\u6d4b.log' > > >This is not a clear message. > > I disagree. But if you'd rather see the character (or a replacement > character, > or possibly an empty box, depending on your environment's text rendering > capabilities), it's a bit easier than writing that big function: > > >>> try: open(u'\N{WHITE SMILING FACE}') > > ... except IOError, e: print str(e).decode('unicode-escape') > ... > [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'☺' >
Yes, this is a more concise solution. Thank you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list