Raymond Hettinger added the comment: > the primary sort will be on the type of quote used for the repr, > which would be surprising and significantly less useful.
How about: repr(obj).strip("'\"") ? Overall, the idea of using repr() in some fashion is appealing because it sorts on what the user actually sees. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue22721> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com