New submission from Kent Johnson <k...@kentsjohnson.com>:
In Python 2.x, os.environ extends UserDict.IterableUserDict and
therefore os.environ.__repr__() shows the environment. This makes it
easy and intuitive to view the entire environment in the interactive
interpreter.
In Python 3.1, os.environ extends _abcoll.MutableMapping and uses
object.__repr__(). This is a much less useful representation.
I suggest adding this __repr__() method to class os._Environ (os.py line
380):
def __repr__(self): return repr(self.data)
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 95160
nosy: kjohnson
severity: normal
status: open
title: Unhelpful __repr__() in os.environ
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.1
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