+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #208162 +++ A bug in the way python's repr function handles certain unicode objects. repr mistakenly assumes that all unicode characters will be 6 characters in length (UTF-16) when it is possible for some strings to use wide characters (UTF-32) to overflow a buffer. There is more information in the Ubuntu bug: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/python2.4/+bug/56633 and the upstream bug: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?aid=1541585&group_id=5470&atid=305470&func=detail
python-2.4.3-9.FC5 has been pushed for fc5, which should resolve this issue. If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.