[Python-Dev] What if we didn't have repr? (original) (raw)
Łukasz Langa lukasz at langa.pl
Tue May 21 15:16:40 CEST 2013
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On 20 maj 2013, at 03:46, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org> wrote:
Now you've got me wondering what Python would be like if repr, `` and repr never existed as language features. Upon first thoughts, I actually don't see much downside (no, i'm not advocating making that change). Something to ponder. I have pondered it many times, although usually in the form "Why do we need both str and repr?"
What if we did the opposite?
- Make str() a protocol for arbitrary string conversion.
- Move the current repr() contracts, both firm and informal to a new, extensible version of pprint.
There has been some discussion led by Raymond in 2010 about a general pprint rewrite__ and I'm willing to pick up the idea with a PEP for inclusion in 3.4.
__ http://bugs.python.org/issue7434
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