Thanks Shai (and others). Indeed replacing the __str__ override with
__repr__ did the trick :)
my python version:
amit0 src # python -V
Python 2.5.4
Amit
Shai Berger wrote:
> 0. There is no way to 'print references' in python (that I'm aware of). The
> question is: "Why is my object transformed to a string using the default
> method rather than my __str__?"
>
> 1. Is this Python 2 or 3?
>
> 2. In my python 2.6, you can get what you want be defining __repr__ instead
> of
> __str__.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shai.
>
> On Wednesday 10 June 2009 17:28:20 Amit Dor-Shifer wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I'd like to print-out a dictionary of objects. The printed values are
>> references. How Do I print the actual objects.
>>
>> class MyClass:
>> def __str__(self):
>> return str(self.__dict__)
>>
>> if __name__ == '__main__':
>> dict = dict()
>> classA = MyClass()
>> setattr(classA, "attr-1", "val-1")
>>
>> dict['a']= classA
>> print classA
>> ''' Desired output: {'attr-1': 'val-1'}'''
>> print dict
>> ''' Actual output: {'a': <__main__.MyClass instance at 0x79cfc8>}'''
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Amit
>>
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