--Guido (mobile) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: python-ideas-owner@python.org Date: Dec 26, 2015 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [Python-ideas] Unambiguous repr for recursive objects To: gvanrossum@gmail.com Cc:
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Guido van Rossum gvanrossum@gmail.com To: Serhiy Storchaka storchaka@gmail.com Cc: Python-Ideas python-ideas@python.org Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 09:33:37 -0700 Subject: Re: [Python-ideas] Unambiguous repr for recursive objects
I disagree. We should not take this guideline too literally. The dots are easily understood and nobody has been fooled by a list containing an ellipsis yet. (Also, isn't the repr of an ellipsis the string 'Ellipsis'?)
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