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

Benjamin Peterson musiccomposition at gmail.com
Thu May 29 23:04:43 CEST 2008


On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:31:17PM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> Let me just save everyone a lot of time and say that 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.
>>
>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:
>> > PEP: XXX
>> > Title: str(container) should call str(item), not repr(item)
>
>   That's ok. A rejected PEP has its purpose, too. It will rest peacefully
> in the archive, holding all arguments consolidated and will serve as a point
> of reference.
>   Any objection if I demand it be properly registered, assigned a number
> and then rejected?

I've added it for you. See r63794.

>
> PS. Am I the champion whose PEP has been killed before I even finished it? ;)

Probably not. :)
>
> Oleg.
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