inverse of __repr__ ?

[Michael Hudson]

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> writes:

> Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:

> > i've looked through _programming python_ for the inverse of
> > __repr__, but could not find anything.  perhaps i'm missing some
> > clue?
> >
> > or is there no way to extend the reader in a python repl?

No.

> if "reader" means the python source parser, as exposed
> by eval/exec/compile, it's limited to python syntax.  or in
> other words:
> 
>     x = eval(repr(x))
> 
> only holds for simple types.
> 
> dunno what a "repl" is, so I cannot answer the rest
> of your question.

Read-Eval-Print-Loop. Lisp terminology, I think, and one of the things
that makes both Python and Lisp as fantastic as they are.

Cheers,
Michael