Quoth Stef Mientki <stef.mien...@gmail.com>: > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:25:03 +0100, Stef Mientki wrote: > > > > > >> try this: > >> > >> class MyRegClass ( int ) : > >> def __init__ ( self, value ) : > >> self.Value = value > >> def __repr__ ( self ) : > >> line = hex ( self.Value ) > >> line = line [:2] + line [2:].upper() > >> return line > >> > > > > def __repr__(self): > > return '0x%X' % self.value > > > > > >> __str__ = __repr__ > >> > > > > This is unnecessary, the fallback of `__str__` is `__repr__` already. > > > > > well this is what my Python is doing: > > without _str__ = __repr__ > >>print shadow_register > 170 > > with _str__ = __repr__ > >>print shadow_register > 0xAA
>>> '__str__' in dir(170) True That is, the superclass (int) has an __str__, so you have to override it. --RDM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list