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[Paul McGuire]

"Skip Montanaro" <skip at pobox.com> wrote in message
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>     Olaf> Is `object` (using backquotes) the same as saying str(object)?
>     Olaf> Trying to understand how backquotes work.  Thanks for your help.
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> `object` is equivalent to repr(object).
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> Skip
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Is this syntax one of those vestigial short-cuts that is on somebody's hit
list for future deprecation?  To my eyes, `object` is more arcane than
repr(object) - why else would we be having this thread in the first place?

-- Paul