{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/IronLanguages/main/issues/1474","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/IronLanguages/main","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/IronLanguages/main/issues/1474/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/IronLanguages/main/issues/1474/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/IronLanguages/main/issues/1474/events","html_url":"https://github.com/IronLanguages/main/issues/1474","id":183759732,"number":1474,"title":"RC 2.7.7 rc0 regression","user":{"login":"ita1024","id":508304,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/508304?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ita1024","html_url":"https://github.com/ita1024","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ita1024/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ita1024/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ita1024/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ita1024/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ita1024/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ita1024/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ita1024/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ita1024/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ita1024/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-10-18T18:00:18Z","updated_at":"2016-10-18T18:00:18Z","closed_at":null,"body":"With the following piece of code:\r\n\r\n```python\r\ntry:\r\n        import winreg\r\nexcept ImportError:\r\n        import _winreg as winreg\r\nkey = winreg.OpenKey(winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, \"SOFTWARE\\\\Wow6432node\\\\Microsoft\\\\VisualStudio\\\\14.0\\\\Setup\\\\VC\")\r\npath,type = winreg.QueryValueEx(key, 'ProductDir')\r\nprint(repr(path))\r\nprint(str(path))\r\n```\r\n\r\nThe version rc0 outputs this:\r\n```\r\n$ /C/Program\\ Files\\ \\(x86\\)/IronPython\\ 2.7/ipy64.exe test.py\r\nu'\\u3a43\\u505c\\u6f72\\u7267\\u6d61\\u4620\\u6c69\\u7365\\u2820\\u3878\\u2936\\u4d5c\\u6369\\u6f72\\u6f73\\u7466\\u5620\\u7369\\u6175\\u206c\\u7453\\u6475\\u6f69\\u3120\\u2e34\\u5c30\\u4356\\\\'\r\n???????????????????????????\\\r\n```\r\n\r\nBy comparison, here is the output on Python (the version does not really matter). I believe that the old IronPython from 2 years ago also worked properly:\r\n```\r\n$ /C/Python34/python.exe test.py\r\n'C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\\\VC\\\\'\r\nC:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\\r\n```\r\n\r\nAt least it does not hang like the previous release :-)\r\n"}}
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