Re: [Python-Dev] Proposal: make float.__str__ identical to float__repr__ in Python 3.2

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger@gmail.com> wrote:

It also really calls into question whether there are good reasons for other types to have a __str__ that is different than their __repr__.

Maybe, but there is tons of 3rd party code that uses this distinction. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)