Sorry, but I Just Don't Get It. I did search the 'net, I did read the FAQ, but I'm too dumb to understand.
As far as I can gather, __str__ is just a representation of the object. For instance: class ServerConnection: def __str__(self): buf = "Server: " + self.name + "\n" buf += "Sent bytes: " + str(self.sentBytes) + "\n" buf += "Recv bytes: " + str(self.recvBytes) + "\n" return buf However, I don't understand what __repr__ should be. There's a phrase in the documentation which makes it highly confusing for a beginner like me: "If at all possible, this should look like a valid Python expression that could be used to recreate an object with the same value (given an appropriate environment).". What does that mean? Does it mean that I should return: def __str__(self): buf = "self.name=" + self.name + "\n" buf += "self.sentBytes=" + str(self.sentBytes) + "\n" buf += "self.recvBytes=" + str(self.recvBytes) + "\n" return buf ..or is there some other "valid Python expression" format which I have yet to encounter? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list