[Python-ideas] automation of __repr__/__str__ for all the common simple cases

[Ronny Pfannschmidt]

Hi,

in my experience for many cases, __repr__ and __str__ can be 
unconditionally be represented as simple string formatting operation,

so i would propose to add a extension to support simply declaring them 
in the form of newstyle format strings

a basic implementation for __repr__ could look like:

  class SelfFormatter(string.Formatter):
         def __init__(self, obj):
             self.__obj = obj
             string.Formatter.__init__(self)

         def get_value(self, key, args, kwargs):
             if isinstance(key, str) and hasattr(self.__obj, key):
                 return getattr(self.__obj, key)
             return Formatter.get_value(self, key, args, kwargs)

   class SimpleReprMixing(object):
     _repr_ = '<{__class__.__name__} at 0x{__id__!x}>'
     def __repr__(self):
         formatter = SelfFormatter(self)
         return formatter.vformat(self._repr_, (), {'__id__':id(self)})

-- Ronny Pfannschmidt