confused about __str__ vs. __repr__

[Tino Wildenhain]

Neal Becker wrote:
...
>>> So if __str__ is "meant for human eyes", then why isn't print using it!
>> it is:
>>
>>  > print x
>> str
>>
>> but dict just uses repr() for all its childs to print.
>>
>> T.
> That makes no sense to me.  If I call 'print' on a container, why wouldn't it recursively  print on the contained objects?  Since print means call str, printing a container should recursively call str on the objects.

Every class is free on how to best implement __str__, you will find
the same behavior on tuple and list as well.

Maybe its discussable to change the implementation sensibly, best if you
would come with a proposal? Perhaps pprint.pprint is a starting point?

Regards
Tino
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