[Python-Dev] Should repr() of string should observe locale? (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Tue, 01 Aug 2000 12:07:08 +1200 (NZST)

Tim Peters:

The problem isn't that repr sticks in backslash escapes, the problem is that repr gets called when repr is inappropriate.

Seems like we need another function that does something in between str() and repr(). It would be just like repr() except that it wouldn't put escape sequences in strings unless absolutely necessary, and it would apply this recursively to sub-objects.

Not sure what to call it -- goofy() perhaps :-)

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