[Python-Dev] PyObject_REPR()

[Jeremy Hylton]

It's intended as an internal debugging API.  I find it very convenient
for adding with a printf() here and there, which is how it got added
long ago.  It should really have a comment mentioning that it leaks
the repr object, and starting with an _ wouldn't be bad either.

Jeremy

On 4/11/06, Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/11/06, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > > It strikes me that it should not be used, or maybe renamed to _PyObject_REPR.
> > > Should removing or renaming it be done in 2.5 or in Py3K?
> >
> > Since it is intrinsically buggy, I would support removal in Py2.5
>
> +1 on removal.  Google only turned up a handleful of uses that I saw.
>
> n
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