[Python-3000] Removing repr

[Michael P. Soulier]

On 06/04/06 Michael Chermside said:

> repr() and str() are both concerned with turning an object into a
> string that vaguely describes it. (Turning it into a string that

I thought that the distinction was as follows. 

str() should return a human-readable representation of something. 

repr() should return a machine-readable representation of something, suitable
for an exec command. 

That still has value, no?

Mike

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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
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