[Python-modules-team] Bug#495439: ipython: Doesn't handle utf8 strings correctly (like #409710)

[William Dode]

Package: ipython
Version: 0.8.4-1
Severity: normal

It seems that bug #409710 came back

In python :

>>> u'é'
u'\xe9'

In ipython :

In [1]: u'é'
Out[1]: u'\xc3\xa9'


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ipython depends on:
ii  python                        2.5.2-1    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-pexpect                2.1-1      Python module for automating inter
ii  python-support                0.8.4      automated rebuilding support for P

ipython recommends no packages.

Versions of packages ipython suggests:
pn  python-matplotlib             <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-numpy                  <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-profiler               <none>     (no description available)

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