2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6a316cc..e85fef1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 1?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Fixed bug #1459029 - unicode reprs were double-escaped.
+
 - Patch #1396919: The system scope threads are reenabled on FreeBSD
   5.4 and later versions.
 
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 3404c35..63fb4fd 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ PyObject_Repr(PyObject *v)
 #ifdef Py_USING_UNICODE
 		if (PyUnicode_Check(res)) {
 			PyObject* str;
-			str = PyUnicode_AsUnicodeEscapeString(res);
+			str = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(res, NULL, NULL);
 			Py_DECREF(res);
 			if (str)
 				res = str;