pep 308: why doing (almost) nothing suffices

[Magnus Lie Hetland]

In article <mn0ba.2903$ES3.2330795 at kent.svc.tds.net>, Edward K. Ream wrote:
>> How about repr(s)?
>
>I don't think so.
>
>>>> s = 'a'
>>>> repr(s)
>"'a'"
>
>>>> s = "a"
>>>> repr(s)
>"'a'"

If the deal was that eval(s.quote()) == s then what's the problem?
After all, "a" == 'a'.

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