Eric Smith wrote:
Terry Reedy wrote:
Ron Adam wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Michael Foord wrote:
Don't we have a pretty-print API - and isn't it spelled __str__ ?
Not really. If it were as simple as calling str(obj), there would be
no need for the pprint module.
I agree. And when I want to use pprint, there are usually additional
output formatting requirements I need that isn't a "one size fits
all" type of problem.
I don't see how you can have a standard interface (like __pprint__), and
have additional, per-object formatting parameters.
I don't see how you can't. Other standard methods take variable
arguments: __init__, __new__, __call__ come to mind.
> But that's beside the
point, I don't like __pprint__ in any event. Too special.
I'm not sure what you mean by "too special". It's no more special than
any other special method. Do you mean the use-case is not common enough?
I would find this useful. Whether enough people would find it useful
enough to add yet another special method is an open question.
--
Steven
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