bug? __repr__ vs. __str__

[gzeljko]

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Bruce Edge <bedge at troikanetworks.com> wrote in message
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> 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]'
>
> I would have expected:
> '[str, str, str, str]'
>
> -Bruce.
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