commit 559e5d7f4d1155e95fb6f925c927a263f9196935
author Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> Wed Jun 11 18:37:52 2008 +0000
committer Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> Wed Jun 11 18:37:52 2008 +0000
tree 4688423e81e9ffed7a5b2c87c50b55419e8e885a
parent ea6d58d9d3033436b52e84960b9571525a4f5412

#2630: Implement PEP 3138.
The repr() of a string now contains printable Unicode characters unescaped.
The new ascii() builtin can be used to get a repr() with only ASCII characters in it.

PEP and patch were written by Atsuo Ishimoto.

Objects/stringlib/unicodedefs.h

diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/unicodedefs.h b/Objects/stringlib/unicodedefs.h
index 8f87fe0..d579c1c 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/unicodedefs.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/unicodedefs.h
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000
 #define STRINGLIB_TOSTR          PyObject_Unicode
+#define STRINGLIB_TOASCII        PyObject_Repr
 #else
 #define STRINGLIB_TOSTR          PyObject_Str
+#define STRINGLIB_TOASCII        PyObject_ASCII
 #endif
 
 #define STRINGLIB_WANT_CONTAINS_OBJ 1