__str__ vs. __repr__

[Fredrik Lundh]

Phil Hunt <philh at vision25.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> How about:
> 
>    x = a + b + c
>    x = (a + b) + c
>    x=a+b+c
> 
> I'd guess these all produce the same bytecode.

footnote: the abc80 computer I mentioned
in my earlier post had an extra byte code
for this purpose.  users can buy that you
add spaces and reformat their code, but
they won't accept that you remove their
parentheses...

> I'd also not be surprised if you could consistently change the
> name of a local variable within a function without changing bytecodes,
> i.e. Python internally doesn't know the names of local variables.

print myfunction.func_code.co_names

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