[issue21670] Add repr to shelve.Shelf

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: I don't think this is right repr for shelve. As file's repr doesn't read and expose a content of a file, shelve's repr shouldn't read and expose all database content. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker

[issue21670] Add repr to shelve.Shelf

Claudiu Popa added the comment: Fair point, Serhiy. But I see the shelve more similar to a persistent, dictionary-like object, than to a file. The fact that it uses some database behind is just an implementation detail. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue21670] Add repr to shelve.Shelf

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: When shelve stores its data on a disk, it is more similar to a file. After all, it can contain gigabytes of data, much larger than Python can address in RAM. I you want more readable repr, I with Raymond, -- use the repr of the underlying db and add

[issue21670] Add repr to shelve.Shelf

Claudiu Popa added the comment: Alright, I agree with you now. You can close the issue if you want. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue21670 ___

[issue21670] Add repr to shelve.Shelf

Changes by Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettin...@gmail.com: -- resolution: - wont fix status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue21670 ___

[issue21670] Add repr to shelve.Shelf

Changes by Berker Peksag berker.pek...@gmail.com: -- stage: patch review - resolved ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue21670 ___ ___

[issue21670] Add repr to shelve.Shelf

Changes by Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettin...@gmail.com: -- assignee: - rhettinger nosy: +rhettinger stage: - patch review ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue21670 ___

[issue21670] Add repr to shelve.Shelf

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: This may not be the right repr for the usual way of creating shelves: d = shelve.open('tmp.shl') print(repr(d)) # I would expect the repr to show # the underlying db instead of all the

[issue21670] Add repr to shelve.Shelf

Claudiu Popa added the comment: The problem is that the repr of the underlying db is not very helpful either, as seen for the dbm backend. import dbm dbm.open(test, c) dbm.dumb._Database object at 0x03091FC0 f=_ f[b2] = ba f dbm.dumb._Database object at 0x03091FC0 But it shows the

[issue21670] Add repr to shelve.Shelf

New submission from Claudiu.Popa: Hello! Working with Shelf instances in the interactive console is cumbersome because you can't have an instant feedback when running the following: from shelve import Shelf s = Shelf({}) s['a'] = 1 s shelve.Shelf object at 0x033D0AF0 This patch adds an