On Sep 17, 12:08 am, js <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> print u"äöü" > äöü > >>> print [u"äöü"] > > [u'\xe4\xf6\xfc'] > > Python seems to treat non-ASCII chars in a list differently from the > one in the outside of a list. > I think this behavior is so inconvenient and actually makes debugging > work harder. > > Is this an intentional? Is there any doc discussing about this?
It's intentional. __str__ of a list uses the __repr__ of its elements. This helps reduce confusion (e.g., between ['a', 'b, c'] and ['a, b', 'c']). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
