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> chr(0x100000001).ords (1) > "\x[100000001]".ords (1) > chr(-0xffffffff).ords (1) chr() is reducing the supplied codepoint number mod 2**32. The output produced is not what the user asked for. chr() should instead just signal an error for any codepoint outside the supported [0, 2**31) range. -zefram