[Python-ideas] Reprs of classes and functions

25 Feb 2015


      This idea is already casually mentioned, but sank deep into the threads 
of the discussion. Raise it up.
Currently reprs of classes and functions look as:
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int
<class 'int'>
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int.from_bytes
<built-in method from_bytes of type object at 0x826cf60>
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open
<built-in function open>
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import collections
collections.Counter
<class 'collections.Counter'>
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collections.Counter.fromkeys
<bound method Counter.fromkeys of <class 'collections.Counter'>>
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collections.namedtuple
<function namedtuple at 0xb6fc4adc>
What if change default reprs of classes and functions to just full 
qualified name __module__ + '.' + __qualname__ (or just __qualname__ if 
__module__ is builtins)? This will look more neatly. And such reprs are 
evaluable.

[Python-ideas] Reprs of classes and functions

Serhiy Storchaka