bug? __repr__ vs. __str__

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <20010420.154310.1501252996.615 at mead.troikanetworks.com>,
Bruce Edge <bedge at troikanetworks.com> wrote:
>Does this seem broken to anyone else?
>
>>>> class T:
>...   def __repr__(self):
>...     return "repr"
>...   def __str__(self):
>...     return "str"
>... 
>
>>>> t =T()
>>>> str(t)
>'str'
>
>>>> l=[t,t,t,t]
>>>> str(l)
>'[repr, repr, repr, repr]'

Nope: lists pass down repr() to their objects
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