On Tue, 21 May 2013 06:36:54 -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote: > Actually changing __str__ or __repr__ is out of the question, best we > can do is discourage makingbthem different. But adding a protocol for > pprint (with extra parameters to convey options) is a fair idea. I note > that Nick sggested to use single-dispatch generic functions for this > though. Both have pros and cons. Post design ideas to python-ideas > please, not here!
Just in case you guys find this useful, in IPython we've sort of created this kind of 'extended repr protocol', described and illustrated here with examples: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/url/github.com/ipython/ipython/raw/master/ examples/notebooks/Custom%20Display%20Logic.ipynb It has proven to be widely used in practice. Cheers, f _______________________________________________ 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
