On 2021-04-26 at 18:24:18 -0700, elas tica <elassti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [...] I was expecting to find [a description of what str returns for > various types] in the Built-in Types section from the PSL > documentation. The representation returned by str over a complex > number is not stated. The same for fraction objects [...] Assuming that PSL is the Python Standard Library, https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-str says: [...] str(object) returns object.__str__(), which is the “informal” or nicely printable string representation of object [...] IMO, an exhaustive list of exactly what that means for every type, even the built in types, is unnecessary, and could create maintenance or compatibility issues. Is there a reason you need that information? What would you do with it if you had it? Completely speculatively on my part, would repr (https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#repr) meet your need(s) better than str? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
