[Python-3000] Recursive str

[Greg Ewing]

Oleg Broytmann wrote:

>    When I use str(container) instead of repr(comtainer) does Python need to
> guess if I want an unambiguous representation or a printable representation
> of items? I don't think there is a room for guessing - I explicitly said
> str().

But there's no single, obvious way of doing str() on a list
that will suit all situations. So Python doesn't define
str() for a list *at all*. You're getting the fallback,
which is repr().

-- 
Greg