Fredrik Lundh wrote: > for some reason, the language reference uses the term "string con- > version" for the backtick form of "repr": > > http://docs.python.org/ref/string-conversions.html > > any suggestions for a better term ? should backticks be deprecated, > and documented in terms of repr (rather than the other way around) ?
I vaguely recall that they are deprecated, but I can't remember the details. The one obvious way to invoke that functionality is the repr() builtin. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com