On 07.04.2016 15:04, Chris Angelico wrote:
This is a spin-off from the __fspath__ discussion on python-dev, in which a few people said that a more general approach would be better.
Proposal: Objects should be allowed to declare that they are "string-like" by creating a dunder method (analogously to __index__ for integers) which implies a loss-less conversion to str.
I must be missing something... we already have a method for this: .__str__() -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Apr 07 2016)
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