"pprint" can transform unicode like "print". However, pprint fails to transform non-breaking space('\240') . See the following example:

Python 3.10.0a2 (default, Nov 24 2020, 14:18:46) 
[GCC 7.5.0] on linux
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Example 1(Results as expected):
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>>> import pprint
>>> print(u'\041 hello')
! hello
>>> pprint.pprint(u'\041 hello')
'! hello'

Example 2(Results not as expected):
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>>> print(u'\240 hello')
  hello
>>> pprint.pprint(u'\240 hello')
'\xa0 hello'

Expected output: the output of pprint.pprint(u'\240 hello') should be consistent with output of print(u'\240 hello')

By the way, there is no need to use the u'' prefix on strings in Python 3.

Unfortunately, I think this is a case where pprint doesn't meet your expectations. pprint is designed to print the repr of a string, while regular print prints the human-visible str:

>>> print(repr('\240 hello'))
'\xa0 hello'
>>> print('\240 hello')
  hello

Its not just non-breaking space, it also includes ASCII characters:


>>> print(repr('\01 hello'))
'\x01 hello'
>>> print('\01 hello')
 hello
>>> pprint.pprint('\01 hello')
'\x01 hello'


So this is intentional behaviour, not a bug. If you want to change the behaviour, it will probably require a re-design of the way strings are printed by the pprint module.