[issue22742] IDLE shows traceback when printing non-BMP character

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

I think Idle should consistently display astral chars with their \U escape.  It sometimes does, just not always.

>>> s='\U0001f680'
>>> s
'\U0001f680'
>>> str(s)
'\U0001f680'
>>> repr(s)
"'\U0001f680'"
>>> print(s) # gives error above.
>>> print(str(s))  #ditto

I thought that implicit print of expression and overt print of the same expression were supposed to be the same.

#21084 is also about this general issue.

----------
nosy: +terry.reedy
stage:  -> needs patch
versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5

_______________________________________
Python tracker <report at bugs.python.org>
<http://bugs.python.org/issue22742>
_______________________________________