[Python-Dev] The purpose of the 'repr' builtin function

[Peter Funk]

Hi!

Currently the wrapper classes UserList und UserString contain the
following method:

    def __repr__(self): return repr(self.data)

I wonder about the following alternatives:

    def __repr__(self):
        return self.__class__.__name__ + "(" + repr(self.data) + ")"

or even more radical (here only for lists as an example):

    def __repr__(self):
        result = [self.__class__.__name__, "("]
        for item in self.data:
            result.append(repr(item))
            result.append(", ")
        result.append(")")
        return "".join(result)

Just a thought which jumped into my mind during the recent discussion 
about the purpose of the 'repr' function (float representation).

Regards, Peter
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