On 12/5/2011 8:09 AM, Dave Angel wrote:
useful, such as if you print a list. The __str__() method of list calls the __repr__() for each object inside it. So it can be useful to define both, even if you decide to have them do the same thing.
If you want __str__ and __repr__ to do the same thing, you only need *one* def statement and an assignment.
def __str__(self): <whatever> __repr__ = __str__ -- Terry Jan Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list