well I did a little test in C:
#include <stdio.h>
void printStr(const char* str){
printf("%s\n", str);
}
int main() {
printStr("\327\220\327\221\327\233=\327\222");
}
breakpoint in printStr and echo the value of str:
% gdb a.out
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(gdb) break printStr
Breakpoint 1 at 0x400502: file test.c, line 4.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /tmp/a.out
Breakpoint 1, printStr (str=0x4005b4 "אבכ=ג") at test.c:4
4 printf("%s\n", str);
(gdb) p str
$1 = 0x4005b4 "אבכ=ג"
(gdb)
Gdb prints that value just fine. It's your node.js that converts the utf8 of
the string into escape sequences in the first place.
