[Python-Dev] ConfigParser changes
Eric S. Raymond
esr@thyrsus.com
Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:26:42 -0500
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>:
> I don't like classes whose str() or repr() can be many lines in a
> typical case. Since this is read from a file, there should be (and
> is) a method to write it to a file; if there's no use case for
> converting the whole shebang to a string, don't provide that, and
> especially not as str() or repr().
Noted for the futuee, thanks.
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