__repr__ almost always only prints a summary of it's object, not the detailed internal structure that I want to see. When it prints values, that are not pretty-printed, nor are the objects that constitute the value printed recursively.
Writing my own __repr__() is emphatically what I don't want to do! That is no better than debugging by inserting print statements, a technique from the 1980's. I am surprised (err, astounded actually) that a basic tool like this isn't available. Besides debugging, I would think it would be very helpful to people leaning python. Perhaps one of the Python IDEs contains something like this I could extract from it but I was hoping to shortcut what will be a time consuming search. Ben Finney wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is there a function/class/module/whatever I can use to look at > > objects? > > The repr() function is what you want. > > > I want something that will print the object's value (if any) in > > pretty-printed form, and list all it's attributes and their values. > > And do all that recursively. > > The repr() function returns what the object's __repr__ method returns. > You'll notice that the builtin container types (string, set, list, > dict, ...) will show the values of their referred objects also. > > Define the __repr__ method on your classes so that they show whatever > information you think is useful for debugging. > > -- > \ "If you go flying back through time and you see somebody else | > `\ flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye | > _o__) contact." -- Jack Handey | > Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
