[Python-Dev] Proposal: make float.__str__ identical to float__repr__ in Python 3.2

[Guido van Rossum]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Raymond Hettinger
<raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote:
> It also really calls into question whether there are good
> reasons for other types to have a __str__ that is different
> than their __repr__.

Maybe, but there is tons of 3rd party code that uses this distinction.

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