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
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