FAQ: __str__ vs __repr__

Simon Brunning simon.brunning at gmail.com
Tue Jun 21 05:35:08 EDT 2005


On 6/15/05, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
> __repr__ shouldn't be anything, if you don't have an actual need for it.
>   Neither should __str__.

Oh, I don't know. __str__ is so frequently useful in debugging and
logging that I always try and do something useful with it.

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