On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Jeff Slutter <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, looking at the source, I see the issue in: > > public static string Repr(CodeContext/*!*/ context, object o) > > Is it safe to add these types in to there like: > if ((s = o as string) != null) return StringOps.__repr__(s); > if (o is int) return Int32Ops.__repr__((int)o); > if (o is uint) return ((uint)o).ToString(); > if (o is long) return ((long)o).ToString() + "L"; > if (o is ulong) return ((ulong)o).ToString() + "UL"; > if (o is byte) return ((byte)o).ToString(); > if (o is sbyte) return ((sbyte)o).ToString(); > if (o is char) return ((char)o).ToString(); > if (o is Int16) return ((Int16)o).ToString(); > if (o is UInt16) return ((UInt16)o).ToString(); > ?
It's traditional (when possible) for repr to return a string representation of something that can be typed into the interpreter to get the original object back. This is what distinguishes it from str. That's why Dino suggested the form he did. -- Curt Hagenlocher [email protected] _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
