[Python-3000] PEP: str(container) should call str(item), not repr(item)

[Benjamin Peterson]

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/29/08, Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:31:17PM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>> ... I'm opposed to this change, and that I believe
>>> that it would cause way too much
>>> disturbance to be accepted this close to beta.
>
>>    That's ok. A rejected PEP has its purpose, too.
>
> Yes, but it might be better to defer instead.
>
> "Too close to beta" is a strong argument, but doesn't apply to 3.1 or
> 3.2 -- by which time the unicode-keyed dicts or oddly-converted print
> statements may change the importance.

Notice how Guido said he's opposed to it, *and* it would cause too
much disturbance. I believe he has previously shunned this idea.



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