On 05/20/2013 11:14 AM, Mark Janssen wrote:
I have pondered it many times, although usually in the form "Why do we
need both str and repr?"
Here's an idea: considering python objects are "stateful". Make a
general, state-query operator: "?". Then the distinction is clear.
--> ?"This is a string" #Returns the contents of the string
This is a string
Then repr() is clearly the object "as it is" -- unstripped; i.e., not
just it's state (or contents, or whatever).
You can have that now, just make your __repr__ do what you want.
--
~Ethan~
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