Index: src/org/python/core/PyUnicode.java
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--- src/org/python/core/PyUnicode.java  (revision 3733)
+++ src/org/python/core/PyUnicode.java  (working copy)
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@
             }
 
             public PyObject __call__() {
-                return((PyUnicode)self).unicode___str__();
+                return new PyString(((PyUnicode)self).string);
+                //return ((PyUnicode)self).unicode___str__();
             }
 
         }
@@ -260,7 +261,8 @@
             }
 
             public PyObject __call__() {
-                return new PyString(((PyUnicode)self).unicode_toString());
+                //return new PyString(((PyUnicode)self).unicode_toString());
+                return new PyString("u" + encode_UnicodeEscape(((PyUnicode)self).string, true));
             }
 
         }
@@ -1559,11 +1561,11 @@
     }
 
     public PyString __repr__() {
-        return new PyUnicode("u" + encode_UnicodeEscape(string, true));
+        return new PyString("u" + encode_UnicodeEscape(string, true));
     }
 
     public String unicode_toString() {
-        return "u" + str_toString();
+        return str_toString();
     }
 
     final int unicode___cmp__(PyObject other) {