n is a object,what means: s='n' ?

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Formalin wrote:

> class now:
>     ....
>     ....
>     ....
> n=now()
> s='n'
> print s
>
>
> the result:<__main__.now instance at 00B2EB0C>
>
> what means?????

Not quite. You're actually seeing the following:

---
s=`n`
---

Notice the backticks (`) versus single quotes (').

`n` is equivalent to repr(n); it returns the text representation of the
object.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio at openservices.net>