> I have no idea why using __repr__ versus __str__ would make any difference in > the > order of the attributes. They're going to come out in the order you specify, > regardless of what you name your method. If you don't like the arbitrary > order you > get from the dictionary, then either sort it, or provide an explicit list.
Only that, as the docs say, __repr__ should represent the entire object that could be used to build a new object with the same value. For that task the order of the attributes is immaterial. I want __str__ to give me something easily readable and ordered in a way that's conveys some meaning about the attributes. It's also helpful to not have to display every attribute, of which there may be dozens. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
