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

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 07:26:56PM -0400, Jim Jewett wrote:
> Summary:
> 
> The only reason for this change is that __repr__ gets used when
> __str__ *should* be used instead.

   No, it is not the only reason. The other reason is that repr() is used in
many different places where we want readable output.

Oleg.
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