It's ok for __repr__ to return unicode.

It's ok for repr to return unicode.
c8c82333 · Guido van Rossum · d7c43dd5 · c8c82333
Commit c8c82333 authored May 04, 2007 by Guido van Rossum
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--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -361,15 +361,8 @@ PyObject_Repr(PyObject *v)
 		res = (*v->ob_type->tp_repr)(v);
 		if (res == NULL)
 			return NULL;
-		if (PyUnicode_Check(res)) {
-			PyObject* str;
-			str = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(res, NULL, NULL);
-			Py_DECREF(res);
-			if (str)
-				res = str;
-			else
-				return NULL;
-		}
+		if (PyUnicode_Check(res))
+			return res;
 		if (!PyString_Check(res)) {
 			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
 				     "__repr__ returned non-string (type %.200s)",