From: Anthony Baxter <anthonybaxter@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:53:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fixed bug #1459029 - unicode reprs were double-escaped.
X-Git-Tag: v2.5a0~27
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=262c00a21e4fff85b8d4cad95256684fa219d5e2;p=python

Fixed bug #1459029 - unicode reprs were double-escaped.
Backed out an old patch from 2000.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6a316ccf7c..e85fef17bf 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 1?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Fixed bug #1459029 - unicode reprs were double-escaped.
+
 - Patch #1396919: The system scope threads are reenabled on FreeBSD
   5.4 and later versions.
 
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 3404c35a32..63fb4fdfef 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ PyObject_Repr(PyObject *v)
 #ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		if (PyUnicode_Check(res)) {
 			PyObject* str;
-			str = PyUnicode_AsUnicodeEscapeString(res);
+			str = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(res, NULL, NULL);
 			Py_DECREF(res);
 			if (str)
 				res = str;