[Python-Dev] string representation of range in 3.0

[Guido van Rossum]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
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>  "Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote in message
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> | On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Armin Rigo <arigo at tunes.org> wrote:
>  | >  What about the less confusing and more readily generalizable:
>  | >
>  | >    <range object 0, 1, ..., 9>
>  | >
>  | >  It would also be helpful IMHO to use this kind of repr for most
>  built-in
>  | >  iterators and iterables, instead of their mosty-useless default repr.
>  |
>  | We can't do this for iterators, since you can't print the values
>  | without consuming the iterator. Printing something shouldn't have a
>  | side effect on it. But for iterables (e.g. dict views) it should work
>  | fine, and if others can agree with this I'd be happy to accept
>  | patches.
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>  Assuming we are discussing the output of str() rather that repr(),
>  I think we should give Armin's idea a try for iterables that don't get the
>  full display
>  (as with lists, etc) but can harmlessly produce some values.

Why only str()? Note that the interactive prompt uses repr() to display values.

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