Hi,
i consider my utility class FormatRepr finished,
its currently availiable in
( http://pypi.python.org/pypi/reprtools/0.1 )
it supplies a descriptor that allows to simply declare __repr__ methods
based on object attributes.
i think it greatly enhances readability for those things,
as its DRY and focuses on the parts *i* consider important
(e.E. what accessible attribute gets formatted how)
there is no need ot repeat attribute names or
care if something is a property,class-attribute or object attribute
(one of the reasons why a simple .format(**vars(self)) will not always work)
oversimplified example:
.. code-block:: python
from reprtools import FormatRepr
class User(object):
__repr__ = FormatRepr("
User('test') <User test>
-- Ronny