text_combined: oleg broytmann otdphdppru fri apr 11 2008 024434pm 0200 thomas wouters wrote wed apr 9 2008 630 pm oleg broytmann wrote wed apr 09 2008 092056am 0700 guido van rossum wrote already repr want unambiguous output str pretty output btw python 3000 fix problem strcontainer calls repr instead str elements container sensible way fix container defines __str__ whatever wants items inside container doesnt define __str__ defines alias __repr__ __repr__ used sensible thing call repr elements inside see thank want containers prettier format passed str give __str__ pretty thing dont see point pretty format lists ambiguous want print list repr expect loop list print element expect print dont see value str1 1 1 1 1 n1 giving hard understand output stra b c currently wrong thing items nonascii strings calling repr produces xxx escapes instead readable representation oleg oleg broytmann httpphdppru otdphdppru programmers dont die gosub without return _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 172226 0400 python3000 recursive str