The ucnhash Module
(Implementation, 2.0 only) The ucnhash module is an implementation module,
which provides a name to character code mapping for Unicode string
literals. If this module is present, you can use \N{} escapes to
map Unicode character names to codes, as shown in Example 8-4.
Example 8-4. Using the ucnhash Module
File: ucnhash-example-1.py
# Python imports this module automatically, when it sees
# the first \N{} escape
# import ucnhash
print repr(u"\N{FROWN}")
print repr(u"\N{SMILE}")
print repr(u"\N{SKULL AND CROSSBONES}")
u'\u2322'
u'\u2323'
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