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 pprint.py |   18 +-----------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)

Index: PATCH/pprint.py
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--- PATCH.orig/pprint.py
+++ PATCH/pprint.py
@@ -295,23 +295,7 @@ class PrettyPrinter:
 def _safe_repr(object, context, maxlevels, level):
     typ = _type(object)
     if typ is str:
-        if 'locale' not in _sys.modules:
-            return repr(object), True, False
-        if "'" in object and '"' not in object:
-            closure = '"'
-            quotes = {'"': '\\"'}
-        else:
-            closure = "'"
-            quotes = {"'": "\\'"}
-        qget = quotes.get
-        sio = _StringIO()
-        write = sio.write
-        for char in object:
-            if char.isalpha():
-                write(char)
-            else:
-                write(qget(char, repr(char)[1:-1]))
-        return ("%s%s%s" % (closure, sio.getvalue(), closure)), True, False
+        return repr(object), True, False
 
     r = getattr(typ, "__repr__", None)
     if issubclass(typ, dict) and r is dict.__repr__: