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Just for fun, I tried using my tiny understanding of C to write a patch. I am attaching my current result, which passes the test suite except for test_unittest:
FAIL: test_loadTestsFromName__unknown_module_name (unittest.test.test_loader.Test_TestLoader)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/home/wok/code/hg/cpython/3.2/fix-import-repr/Lib/unittest/test/test_loader.py", line 240, in test_loadTestsFromName__unknown_module_name
 loader.loadTestsFromName('sdasfasfasdf')
ImportError: No module named 0I�

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/home/wok/code/hg/cpython/3.2/fix-import-repr/Lib/unittest/test/test_loader.py", line 242, in test_loadTestsFromName__unknown_module_name
 self.assertEqual(str(e), "No module named 'sdasfasfasdf'")
AssertionError: 'No module named 0I�\x01' != "No module named 'sdasfasfasdf'"
- No module named 0I�

+ No module named 'sdasfasfasdf'
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FAIL: test_loadTestsFromNames__unknown_module_name (unittest.test.test_loader.Test_TestLoader)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "Lib/unittest/test/test_loader.py", line 620, in test_loadTestsFromNames__unknown_module_name
 loader.loadTestsFromNames(['sdasfasfasdf'])
ImportError: No module named HB�

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "Lib/unittest/test/test_loader.py", line 622, in test_loadTestsFromNames__unknown_module_name
 self.assertEqual(str(e), "No module named 'sdasfasfasdf'")
AssertionError: 'No module named HB�\x01' != "No module named 'sdasfasfasdf'"
- No module named HB�

+ No module named 'sdasfasfasdf'
test_imp{,ort,ortlib} pass, though. Maybe someone will take my patch and fix the PyObject_Repr call and error checking. It was a fun bit of experimenting with help from kind people on IRC :)