[ python-Bugs-1674223 ] Unicode xmlcharrefreplace produces backslash not xml style.

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Bugs item #1674223, was opened at 2007-03-05 09:11
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Category: None
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Stanley Sokolow (odontomatix)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Unicode xmlcharrefreplace produces backslash not xml style.

Initial Comment:
In Python 2.4.2 and 2.5, and maybe other versions too, the unicode string encoder for producing xml style unicode output (example, © for copyright symbol) produces the wrong style -- it produces backslash encoding (\xa9 for same copyright unicode character).

Example at Python shell:
u'\u2122'.encode('unicode_escape','xmlcharrefreplace')
should produce: ™
but it produces \u2122

The same happens when it is used in a program.  The print output of the encoded unicode contains backslash encodings as though the method 'backslashreplace' had been used.



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