Sorry, I wasn't able to reproduce this. What platform are you running on and what is the output from the following? python2.7 -c 'import sys;print(sys.version)'
(default, Apr 11 2012, 17:52:16) \n[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)] Works as expected in 2.7.8 and 3.3.2 2.7.8 (default, Jun 30 2014, 16:03:49) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] 3.3.2 (v3.3.2:d047928ae3f6, May 16 2013, 00:03:43) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)]