On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 06:39:02PM -0700, Fernando Perez wrote: > On second thought though: __str__ is the one meant for 'human > consumption', while __repr__ is deliberately meant to be much more > machine-like. Basically the idea is that, whenever possible, one can > do
> x == eval(repr(x)) > That is true for many of the builtin data types of the language. I totally agree. However if a user types: pylab.rcParams in IPython, or the Python interpreter, she gets the repr, AFAIK. I would like this display to be readable. Gaël ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
