Some tests on the semantics of python string handling...

gistfile1.py

# coding=utf-8

def main():

    try:
        raise Exception(u"Something went wrong ³£$%^")
    except Exception as e2:
        pass

    items = (1, 33.2, None, u'³£$%^', u'𐎴', {'dict': True, 'subdict': {'items': 'yes'}}, (('Tuple', True),),['item1', {'secondItem': False}], Exception, e2)

    for item in items:
        print "\n----------------------\n"

        try:
            print item
        except Exception as e:
            print u"x Failed to print value"



        print "-- Unicode --"

        try:
            print u"  [Concatenate] " + item
        except Exception as e:
            print u"x [Concatenate] Exception: %s" % e

        try:
            print u"  [Format] %s" % item
        except Exception as e:
            print u"x [Format] Exception: %s" % e

        try:
            print u"  [str()] " + str(item)
        except Exception as e:
            print u"x [str()] Exception: %s" % e

        try:
            print u"  [unicode()] " + unicode(item)
        except Exception as e:
            print u"x [unicode()] Exception: %s" % e




        print "-- ASCII --"

        try:
            print "  [Concatenate] " + item
        except Exception as e:
            print "x [Concatenate] Exception: %s" % e

        try:
            print "  [Format] %s" % item
        except Exception as e:
            print "x [Format] Exception: %s" % e

        try:
            print "  [str()] " + str(item)
        except Exception as e:
            print "x [str()] Exception: %s" % e

        try:
            print "  [unicode()] " + unicode(item)
        except Exception as e:
            print "x [unicode()] Exception: %s" % e



            #print "\n----------------------\n"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()