Py3.3 unicode literal and input()

[Andrew Berg]

Perhaps this will clear things up:

Python 3.3.0a4 (v3.3.0a4:7c51388a3aa7, May 31 2012, 20:17:41) [MSC
v.1600 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
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>>> ua = u'a'
>>> literal_ua = "u'a'"
>>> ua == literal_ua
False
>>> input_ua = input()
u'a'
>>> input_ua
"u'a'"
>>> input_ua == ua
False
>>> input_ua == literal_ua
True
>>> eval_ua = eval(literal_ua)
>>> eval_ua
'a'
>>> eval(literal_ua) == input_ua
False
>>> eval(literal_ua) == ua
True
>>> u'a' == 'a'
True
>>> u'a' is 'a'
True


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