[Python-3000] PEP 3138- String representation in Python 3000

Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.pp.ru
Sat May 24 19:18:14 CEST 2008


On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 12:53:08PM -0400, Jim Jewett wrote:
> if I want pretty, I'll use print (or pprint).

   str(container_of_strings) uses repr(), so you loose prettiness on either
print or '%s' % container_of_strings. Exceptions use repr() for file names,
e.g., which is very inconvenient, IMHO.

Oleg.
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