datatable.options.fread.log.escape_unicode

This option controls escaping of the unicode characters.

Use this option if your terminal cannot print unicode, or if the output gets somehow corrupted because of the unicode characters.

Parameters

return
bool

Current escape_unicode value. Initially, this option is set to False.

new_escape_unicode
bool

If True, all unicode characters in the verbose log will be written in hexadecimal notation. If False, no escaping of the unicode characters will be performed.