--- /dev/null
+## keep two lines free to make sure PEP 263 does not apply
+##
+
+##
+
+# This file is written in UTF-8, but it has no encoding declaration,
+# so it just defaults to UTF-8 (PEP 3120).
+
+__doc__ = r"""
+ >>> sa
+ 'abc'
+ >>> ua
+ u'abc'
+ >>> b
+ u'123'
+ >>> c
+ u'S\xf8k ik'
+ >>> d
+ u'\xfc\xd6\xe4'
+ >>> e
+ u'\x03g\xf8\uf8d2S\xf8k ik'
+ >>> f
+ u'\xf8'
+ >>> add
+ u'S\xf8k ik\xfc\xd6\xe4abc'
+ >>> null
+ u'\x00'
+""" + """
+ >>> len(sa)
+ 3
+ >>> len(ua)
+ 3
+ >>> len(b)
+ 3
+ >>> len(c)
+ 6
+ >>> len(d)
+ 3
+ >>> len(e)
+ 10
+ >>> len(f)
+ 1
+ >>> len(add)
+ 12
+ >>> len(null)
+ 1
+""" + u"""
+ >>> sa == 'abc'
+ True
+ >>> ua == u'abc'
+ True
+ >>> b == u'123'
+ True
+ >>> c == u'Søk ik'
+ True
+ >>> d == u'üÖä'
+ True
+ >>> e == u'\x03\x67\xf8\uf8d2Søk ik' # unescaped by Cython
+ True
+ >>> e == u'\\x03\\x67\\xf8\\uf8d2Søk ik' # unescaped by Python
+ True
+ >>> f == u'\xf8' # unescaped by Cython
+ True
+ >>> f == u'\\xf8' # unescaped by Python
+ True
+ >>> add == u'Søk ik' + u'üÖä' + 'abc'
+ True
+ >>> null == u'\\x00' # unescaped by Python (required by doctest)
+ True
+"""
+
+sa = 'abc'
+ua = u'abc'
+
+b = u'123'
+c = u'Søk ik'
+d = u'üÖä'
+e = u'\x03\x67\xf8\uf8d2Søk ik'
+f = u'\xf8'
+
+add = u'Søk ik' + u'üÖä' + 'abc'
+null = u'\x00'
--- /dev/null
+# -*- coding: latin-1 -*-
+
+__doc__ = r"""
+ >>> sa
+ 'abc'
+ >>> ua
+ u'abc'
+ >>> b
+ u'123'
+ >>> c
+ u'S\xf8k ik'
+ >>> d
+ u'\xfc\xd6\xe4'
+ >>> e
+ u'\x03g\xf8\uf8d2S\xf8k ik'
+ >>> f
+ u'\xf8'
+ >>> add
+ u'S\xf8k ik\xfc\xd6\xe4abc'
+ >>> null
+ u'\x00'
+""" + """
+ >>> len(sa)
+ 3
+ >>> len(ua)
+ 3
+ >>> len(b)
+ 3
+ >>> len(c)
+ 6
+ >>> len(d)
+ 3
+ >>> len(e)
+ 10
+ >>> len(f)
+ 1
+ >>> len(add)
+ 12
+ >>> len(null)
+ 1
+""" + u"""
+ >>> sa == 'abc'
+ True
+ >>> ua == u'abc'
+ True
+ >>> b == u'123'
+ True
+ >>> c == u'Søk ik'
+ True
+ >>> d == u'üÖä'
+ True
+ >>> e == u'\x03\x67\xf8\uf8d2Søk ik' # unescaped by Cython
+ True
+ >>> e == u'\\x03\\x67\\xf8\\uf8d2Søk ik' # unescaped by Python
+ True
+ >>> f == u'\xf8' # unescaped by Cython
+ True
+ >>> f == u'\\xf8' # unescaped by Python
+ True
+ >>> add == u'Søk ik' + u'üÖä' + 'abc'
+ True
+ >>> null == u'\\x00' # unescaped by Python (required by doctest)
+ True
+"""
+
+sa = 'abc'
+ua = u'abc'
+
+b = u'123'
+c = u'Søk ik'
+d = u'üÖä'
+e = u'\x03\x67\xf8\uf8d2Søk ik'
+f = u'\xf8'
+
+add = u'Søk ik' + u'üÖä' + 'abc'
+null = u'\x00'