Could we call it "help"? Maybe add some beef to what's already there...
>>> help(lambda x,y,*args: x) Help on function <lambda> in module __main__: <lambda> lambda x, y, *args On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Barry <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> wrote: > > > > On 21 Dec 2017, at 06:57, Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > > > > in theory, the "goal" is for eval(repr(obj)) to return an equivelent > object > > Is that really was the goal of repr? If true then we would not need pickle. > > I have always assumed that repr of simple things aims to represent them > in just the way you would write them in python code. Repr of complex things > represents the obj as a useful summary. > > Lamba seems to be in the complex end of things. > > In debug logs I am often very interested in object identity and use the > 0x123 as one way to know. Removing the unique id would be a regression > in my eyes. > > Maybe what you would like to have is an explain function that given any > object tells you alll about it. help function does some of this I guess. > > Barry > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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