repr/str diff between Python 2 and 3

[Ben Finney]

Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro at gmail.com> writes:

> > Only that one should not rely on ‘str’ preserving the value accurately,
> > as documented in Python 2.
>
> Sure, but this choice is out of my hands. It's csv.writerow that calls
> str(), not me.

Ah, good old ‘csv’.

If the implementation is leaking an abstraction and you can't change the
implementation, then yes, making your test cases aware of the difference
is an option you'll need to consider.

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Ben Finney