[Python-Dev] Change the repr for datetime.timedelta (was Re: Asynchronous context manager in a typical network server)

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:

> For
>
> >>> print(timedelta(minutes=-1))
>
> I'd like to see:
>
> -00:01:00
>
> But I wouldn't change repr() - the internal representation is fully
> documented, and it's appropriate for repr() to reflect documented
> internals as directly as possible.
>

Note that in the case of float repr, the consideration of user convenience
did win over "reflect documented
internals as directly as possible."
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