[IronPython] repr() results with uint, etc.

[Dino Viehland]

And the correct change to the source code would be adding __repr__ methods to the various *Ops types (Int16Ops, UInt16Ops, etc...) which return the correct formatting.  Presumably by updating the scripts that generate these types.  OTOH there's nothing particularly unsafe about your changes other then they don't match the normal convention for __repr__.

-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Curt Hagenlocher
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 9:36 PM
To: Discussion of IronPython
Subject: Re: [IronPython] repr() results with uint, etc.

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Jeff Slutter <jslutter at reactorzero.com> wrote:
> Ok, looking at the source, I see the issue in:
>
> public static string Repr(CodeContext/*!*/ context, object o)
>
> Is it safe to add these types in to there like:
>            if ((s = o as string) != null) return StringOps.__repr__(s);
>            if (o is int) return Int32Ops.__repr__((int)o);
>            if (o is uint) return ((uint)o).ToString();
>            if (o is long) return ((long)o).ToString() + "L";
>            if (o is ulong) return ((ulong)o).ToString() + "UL";
>            if (o is byte) return ((byte)o).ToString();
>            if (o is sbyte) return ((sbyte)o).ToString();
>            if (o is char) return ((char)o).ToString();
>            if (o is Int16) return ((Int16)o).ToString();
>            if (o is UInt16) return ((UInt16)o).ToString();
> ?

It's traditional (when possible) for repr to return a string
representation of something that can be typed into the interpreter to
get the original object back.  This is what distinguishes it from str.
 That's why Dino suggested the form he did.

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Curt Hagenlocher
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