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 '☺' ---------- nosy: +terry.reedy _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16335> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com