Using __repr__ or __str__ for own printable class?

[Erik Max Francis]

Peter Hansen wrote:

> Given that Python is an "agile language", it seems very likely that
> it must be an implementation of Robert Zubrin's XP-style "Mars Direct"
> program for a manned mission to Mars.

Actually, it can manage any kind of trip:

>>> info(stationaryEarthOrbit, highTritonOrbit)
Source: stationary orbit around `Earth'
Destination: medium orbit around `Triton'
Opportunities:
 Opportunity: Earth/Neptune
  Angle: 1.97496428786 rad (113.157118384 deg)
  Period: 31756371.7964 s
Transfers:
 Transfer: out of `stationary orbit around `Earth''
  Duration: 0.0 s
  Burns: 1273.39353752 m/s
 Transfer: Hohmann from `Earth' to `Neptune'
  Duration: 965260524.876 s
  Burns: 11651.5022539, 4053.91436026 m/s
 Transfer: into `Triton'
  Duration: 0.0 s
  Burns: 1817.74724404 m/s
 Transfer: into `medium orbit around `Triton''
  Duration: 0.0 s
  Burns: 322.586540999 m/s
Course: from `stationary orbit around `Earth'' to `medium orbit around
`Triton''
Duration: 965260524.876 s
Deltavee: 19119.1439368 m/s

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