How to print non-ASCII characters in Python

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Published on 2009-11-10T10:48:50Z Indexed on 2010/04/10 12:53 UTC
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I have a problem when I'm printing (or writing to a file) the non-ASCII characters in Python. I've resolved it by overriding the str method in my own objects, and making "x.encode('utf-8')" inside it, where x is a property inside the object.

But, if I receive a third-party object, and I make "str(object)", and this object has a non-ASCII character inside, it will fail.

So the question is: is there any way to tell the str method that the object has an UTF-8 codification, generically? I'm working with Python 2.5.4.

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