--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: Your message has been rejected, probably because you are not subscribed to the mailing list and the list's policy is to prohibit non-members from posting to it. If you think that your messages are being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at python-ideas-owner@python.org. ---------- 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'?) --Guido (mobile)