[issue39715] Implement __repr__ methods for AST classes

STINNER Victor added the comment: I reject the feature request. While repr() on AST nodes could be enhanced for some specific nodes, you have to know that the code is mostly implemented in C which make enhancements non-trivial. Moreover, this code (Python/Python-ast.c) is generated by a

[issue39715] Implement __repr__ methods for AST classes

Batuhan Taskaya added the comment: > I suggest to reject this feature request +1 -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue39715] Implement __repr__ methods for AST classes

STINNER Victor added the comment: I'm not sure that it's a good idea to make repr(_ast.AST) longer. I suggest to reject this feature request. As Serhiy wrote, ast.dump() can already be used. -- nosy: +vstinner ___ Python tracker

[issue39715] Implement __repr__ methods for AST classes

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Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: For more informative representation you can use ast.dump(). -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker ___

[issue39715] Implement __repr__ methods for AST classes

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[issue39715] Implement __repr__ methods for AST classes

Ram Rachum added the comment: I understand that we have to be really careful in including information that could have unlimited size. But I think we have lots of information that isn't that way. For example, for ClassDef and FunctionDef objects, we could include the name. For Assign, we

[issue39715] Implement __repr__ methods for AST classes

Batuhan Taskaya added the comment: What kind of repr do you have in your mind? If the repr you are thinking contains field information, it would be no-go. Fields of AST objects can contain other objects and fields of that objects can contain more objects (this goes up to the recursion limit

[issue39715] Implement __repr__ methods for AST classes

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[issue39715] Implement __repr__ methods for AST classes

New submission from Ram Rachum : I was playing with the `ast` library today, and it's frustrating to see objects like these: [<_ast.Import object at 0x033FB048>, <_ast.Import object at 0x033FB0F0>, <_ast.ImportFrom object at 0x033FB160>, <_ast.Import