*** old/src/share/vm/oops/symbolOop.cpp	Mon Jun 23 14:01:04 2008
--- new/src/share/vm/oops/symbolOop.cpp	Mon Jun 23 14:01:04 2008

*** 66,77 ****
--- 66,86 ----
    return as_C_string(str, buf_len);
  }
  
  void symbolOopDesc::print_symbol_on(outputStream* st) {
    st = st ? st : tty;
    for (int index = 0; index < utf8_length(); index++)
!     st->put((char)byte_at(index));
+   int length = UTF8::unicode_length((const char*)bytes(), utf8_length());
!   const char *ptr = (const char *)bytes();
+   jchar value;
+   for (int index = 0; index < length; index++) {
+     ptr = UTF8::next(ptr, &value);
+     if (value >= 32 && value < 127 || value = '\'' || value = '\\') {
+       st->put(value);
+     } else {
+       st->print("\\u%04x", value);
+     }
+   }
  }
  
  jchar* symbolOopDesc::as_unicode(int& length) const {
    symbolOopDesc* this_ptr = (symbolOopDesc*)this;
    length = UTF8::unicode_length((char*)this_ptr->bytes(), utf8_length());