M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
AFAIK, eval(repr(obj)) is no longer a requirement... simply because it has always only worked for a small subset of objects and in reality, you wouldn't want to call eval() on anything too often due to the security implications.
Yes, I actually think that sentence in the docs should be removed, since it's more misleading than helpful. A suitable replacement might be something like "str() is intended for normal program output, and repr() is intended for diagnostic output". Plus something about it being desirable for repr() to make the type of the object as unambiguous as possible. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
