[Python-3000] PEP: str(container) should call str(item), not repr(item)

[Jim Jewett]

On 5/29/08, Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:31:17PM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> ... I'm opposed to this change, and that I believe
>> that it would cause way too much
>> disturbance to be accepted this close to beta.

>    That's ok. A rejected PEP has its purpose, too.

Yes, but it might be better to defer instead.

"Too close to beta" is a strong argument, but doesn't apply to 3.1 or
3.2 -- by which time the unicode-keyed dicts or oddly-converted print
statements may change the importance.

-jJ