Console reader?

Hi!

A student of mine asked why Console.getIn() returns a Reader instance 
that emits Java-encoded character sequences (unicode \uxxxx) and I 
honestly didn't have any idea (an output stream I'd understand, but a 
Reader?). What's the purpose of this and what's the correct way to 
decode the stream (I advised to use bsh.JavaCharStream to decode it, but 
I am still curious about this design rationale).

Dawid


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