On 20 maj 2013, at 03:46, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Gregory P. Smith <g...@krypto.org> wrote: >> Now you've got me wondering what Python would be like if repr, `` and >> __repr__ never existed as language features. Upon first thoughts, I actually >> don't see much downside (no, i'm not advocating making that change). >> Something to ponder. > > I have pondered it many times, although usually in the form "Why do we > need both str and repr?"
What if we did the opposite? 1. Make __str__() a protocol for arbitrary string conversion. 2. Move the current __repr__() contracts, both firm and informal to a new, extensible version of pprint. There has been some discussion led by Raymond in 2010 about a general `pprint rewrite`__ and I'm willing to pick up the idea with a PEP for inclusion in 3.4. __ http://bugs.python.org/issue7434 -- Best regards, Łukasz Langa WWW: http://lukasz.langa.pl/ Twitter: @llanga IRC: ambv on #python-dev
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