eval(repr(x)) == x

[François Pinard]

[Oren Tirosh]

> For many python builtins eval(repr(x)) == x.  I find this property very
> useful for debugging and writing tests.  Is there anyone else who thinks
> it might be more consistent if this applied to more builtins?

I wonder if `repr' could not be made to produce a string which includes
a non-binary pickle of a complex object, combined with a modification to
the standard Python reading device understanding the convention, and able
to recreate the original from the pickle data in the string.

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