Fate of the repr module in Py3.0
Colin J. Williams
fn681 at ncf.ca
Fri Mar 21 10:20:22 EDT 2008
Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> Was looking at PEP 3108, http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3108/ ,
> and saw that the repr module was slated for vaporization. I've only
> used the module a few times ever. I'm curious if the community wants
> it kept around or whether it is considered clutter.
>
> The PEP is going to be finalized soon, so if you have issues with it,
> they should be sent to the PEP author or brought up on the list,
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/stdlib-sig .
>
> Raymond
I've never used it, the value isn't obvious.
>>> import repr
>>> repr.__doc__
'Redo the builtin repr()
(representation) but with limits on most
sizes.'
>>>
Colin W.
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