[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #117686] IDLE doesn't display long arrays well

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Bug #117686, was updated on 2000-Oct-25 07:25
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: IDLE
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: None
Priority: 5
Summary: IDLE doesn't display long arrays well

Details: A long array, such as from Numeric Python is displayed
as
<array 3434 343421 4324234 .... 324234 34234>,
with part of the array replaced with elipses.

Often, this is enough information,
but unfortunately not always.  IDLE cannot tell you
how many items the array had (even approximately),
and it is impossible to see the complete output
or repr().  This is a bug, as a stack viewer ought to
let you see what is on the stack.

I'd suggest that long reprs() that get truncated this way
ought to be viewable in their entirety, perhaps by clicking
on them.

A fancier option would be to have IDLE look for a getitem()
attribute, and allow anything that has getitem() (or perhaps
getitem() and len()) to be displayed in the same format
that build-in python arrays are displayed in.

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http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=117686&group_id=5470