On June 11, 2002 02:43 pm, Perry Greenfield wrote:
Yet on the other hand, it is undeniably convenient to use repr (by typing a variable) for small arrays interactively rather than using a print statement. This leads to 3 possible proposals for handling repr:
1) Do what is done now, always print a string that when eval'ed will recreate the array.
2) Only give summary information for the array regardless of its size.
3) Print the array if it has fewer than THRESHOLD number of elements, otherwise print a summary. THRESHOLD may be adjusted by the user.
The last appears to be the most utilitarian to us, yet 'impure' somehow. Certainly there are may objects for which
I vote for number 3, and have no hang-ups about any real or perceived "impurity". This is an issue that I deal with daily. Scott -- Scott M. Ransom Address: McGill Univ. Physics Dept. Phone: (514) 398-6492 3600 University St., Rm 338 email: ransom@physics.mcgill.ca Montreal, QC Canada H3A 2T8 GPG Fingerprint: 06A9 9553 78BE 16DB 407B FFCA 9BFA B6FF FFD3 2989