Hi, I run the example code below from website: https://docs.python.org/2/library/repr.html#repr.Repr.repr1
If I run these lines from an editor, it echoes: >>> <open file '<...at 0x01EF4020> >>> dsfdsf # entered letters If I only run the last line (hoping the same effect with running from the editor) it simply echoes: >>> print aRepr.repr(sys.stdin) <open file '<...at 0x01EF4020> >>> I have these questions about this example code: 1. What purpose of the author wants from the example code? 2. I do not see Repr.repr1() in the code snippet. Why did the author mention that first? 3. Why is it different from running the last line directly in the Interactive Window, and within an editor file? Thanks, .................. The use of dynamic dispatching by Repr.repr1() allows subclasses of Repr to add support for additional built-in object types or to modify the handling of types already supported. This example shows how special support for file objects could be added: import repr as reprlib import sys class MyRepr(reprlib.Repr): def repr_file(self, obj, level): if obj.name in ['<stdin>', '<stdout>', '<stderr>']: return obj.name else: return repr(obj) aRepr = MyRepr() print aRepr.repr(sys.stdin) # prints '<stdin>' -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list