On 18/12/2017 11:43, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 07:54:17AM +0000, Steve Barnes wrote: > >> Isn't this exactly the sort of information already available via >> inspect.getardspec, inspect.getsourcelines & inspect.getsource? > > [snip ipython interactive session showing that the answer is "Yes"] > > You answered your own question: yes it is. What's your point? That's not > a rhetorical question -- I genuinely don't understand why you raise > this. Do you see the existence of inspect.* as negating the usefulness > of giving functions a more useful repr? As proof that the information is > available? Something else? > >
Hi Steve, I see it as showing that the information is already available to anybody who needs it so I question the usefulness of changing repr (for everybody) which is bound to break something somewhere. Now if you were to suggest adding a verbose flag to repr or a print format, maybe both - so that people don't have to import inspect then I would say that you have a lot less chance of breaking any code/test cases that is in the wild. Sorry I should have made my point(s) clearer. -- Steve (Gadget) Barnes Any opinions in this message are my personal opinions and do not reflect those of my employer. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
