[Python-ideas] reprs of recursive datastructures.

[MRAB]

On 08/09/2012 20:59, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Saturday, September 8, 2012, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
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>     On Sep 8, 2012, at 3:02 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu
>     <javascript:;>> wrote:
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>      > That said, there is the issue of doctests, so I would only change
>     in 3.4.
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>     Note that in doctest displays, ellipsis has yet another meaning.  I
>     agree that this is 3.4 material, and the solution should probably be
>     something in <>.
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> Ok, I can live with <...>.
>
Should we also guarantee that it'll never have any other meaning in
Python so that this will never happen again?