On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 12:29:57 AM UTC+10, nn wrote: > Maybe it is related to this bug? > > http://bugs.python.org/issue11272
I'm running Python 2.7.2 (on Windows) and that version doesn't appear to have that bug: Python 2.7.2 (default, Apr 23 2013, 11:49:52) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> print(repr(input())) "testing" 'testing' >>> Cheers Jussi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list