[Python-Dev] PyObject_REPR()

[Neal Norwitz]

Ok, then how about prefixing with _, adding a comment saying in big,
bold letters: FOR DEBUGGING PURPOSES ONLY, THIS LEAKS, and only
defining in a debug build?

n
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On 4/11/06, Jeremy Hylton <jeremy at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> It's intended as an internal debugging API.  I find it very convenient
> for adding with a printf() here and there, which is how it got added
> long ago.  It should really have a comment mentioning that it leaks
> the repr object, and starting with an _ wouldn't be bad either.
>
> Jeremy
>
> On 4/11/06, Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 4/11/06, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > It strikes me that it should not be used, or maybe renamed to _PyObject_REPR.
> > > > Should removing or renaming it be done in 2.5 or in Py3K?
> > >
> > > Since it is intrinsically buggy, I would support removal in Py2.5
> >
> > +1 on removal.  Google only turned up a handleful of uses that I saw.
> >
> > n
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