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

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 06:53:41PM -0400, Jim Jewett wrote:
> On 5/24/08, Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> This is not a problem with repr; it is a bug with str.

   str(container) tries to call container.__str__ (which is absent) and
then container.__repr__. Is "str or repr" a bug?

Oleg.
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