On Friday, November 15, 2013 7:16:52 AM UTC-5, Robin Becker wrote:
> On 15/11/2013 11:38, Ned Batchelder wrote:
> ..........
> >
> > In Python3, repr() will return a Unicode string, and will preserve existing
> > Unicode characters in its arguments. This has been controversial. To get
> > the Python 2 behavior of a pure-ascii representation, there is the new
> > builtin ascii(), and a corresponding %a format string.
> >
> > --Ned.
> >
>
> thanks for this, edoesn't make the split across python2 - 3 any easier.
> --
> Robin Becker
No, but I've found that significant programs that run on both 2 and 3 need to
have some shims to make the code work anyway. You could do this:
try:
repr = ascii
except NameError:
pass
and then use repr throughout.
--Ned.
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