Python 3.0 crashes displaying Unicode at interactive prompt

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> This is intended behavior.
> 
> I see. That means that the behaviour in Python 1.6 to 2.6 (i.e.
> encoding the text using the repr() function (as then defined) was not
> intended behaviour?

Sure. This behavior has not changed. It still uses repr().

Of course, the string type has changed in 3.0, and now uses a different
definition of repr.

Regards,
Martin