Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'ascii': 0.09; 'bits': 0.09; 'escape': 0.09; 'main()': 0.09; 'subset': 0.09; 'text"': 0.09; 'translations': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; '(?).': 0.16; 'alphabet': 0.16; 'bars,': 0.16; 'braces': 0.16; 'curly': 0.16; 'expecting': 0.16; 'non-ascii': 0.16; 'really?': 0.16; 'repr()': 0.16; 'subject:3.3': 0.16; 'subject:python': 0.16; 'bit': 0.19; 'meant': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'print': 0.22; 'cc:2**1': 0.23; 'certainly': 0.24; 'days,': 0.24; '(or': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'characters': 0.30; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'vertical': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'plain': 0.33; 'sense': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'doing': 0.36; "didn't": 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'sure': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'lower': 0.61; 'today': 0.64; 'became': 0.64; '.....': 0.78; '"just': 0.84; 'confusing': 0.84; 'laughed': 0.84; 'popular.': 0.84; 'joel': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=CBwMHFlopgvUk2TyJm7wRTOCayGrGnErpyz0eai3hwg=; b=FJh0Ze7C+TH2KPjpwrEmqTrL/WbqsN3EJ+ssD4G4Gy5k5WYlj9llZ1rq2dZtcAxuEA xVOKBcbPE02WIwEHrKOLWkdyfN2B8t97o/lIbdJibogpsWJY9NZyosNAgd93NOlmRtvu n4PiRKd5WmTfjPMiLkMc8WD+DNb3rVd3OGniVC7aw0eAXWNAtjclIaivkDY5xJuGs1Yb TCY6JOcrDpHvT9nJGj+0wjUeZPebVQ4RsVRcUFdeFaOIb6+qIr9DoXdO/cskI+mIJtv+ SzwsUgdKB3ozYIMwunwiOAvmln6wEa8pf8n9pRIsZPxjENc0lFaWk5HdyTCZjiwWbEoJ x4iw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.246.136 with SMTP id xw8mr64884vec.41.1384527024629; Fri, 15 Nov 2013 06:50:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <52863305.2060303@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> References: <52863305.2060303@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:50:24 -0500 Subject: Re: python 3.3 repr From: Joel Goldstick To: Robin Becker Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "python-list@python.org" , Roy Smith X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 33 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1384527032 news.xs4all.nl 15974 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46580 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:59527 >> Some of us have been doing this long enough to remember when "just plain >> text" meant only a single case of the alphabet (and a subset of ascii >> punctuation). On an ASR-33, your C program would print like: >> >> MAIN() \( >> PRINTF("HELLO, ASCII WORLD"); >> \) >> >> because ASR-33's didn't have curly braces (or lower case). >> >> Having P3's repr() escape non-ascii characters today makes about as much >> sense as expecting P2's repr() to escape curly braces (and vertical bars, >> and a few others) because not every terminal can print those. >> > ..... > I can certainly remember those days, how we cried and laughed when 8 bits > became popular. > Really? you cried and laughed over 7 vs. 8 bits? That's lovely (?). ;). That eighth bit sure was less confusing than codepoint translations > -- > Robin Becker > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com