guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg tue apr 8 2008 534 pm greg ewing wrote guido van rossum wrote seems mass confusion around proposal reprint strint int reprc strc __main__c take step back ask exactly considering use cases current result str considered verbose error messages ive written code id like admit spits errors form method frumble expected joojoo geegee argument got instead using typearg__name__ omits module name ambiguous contexts apps lots different related classes name defined different modules using reprtypearg makes message ugly longer matter making pretty requires something like typearg__module__ typearg__name__ exception __module__ empty __builtin__ usually worth code simpler str classes would simplify life dont tell shouldnt using isinstance guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 041628 0700 python3000 types classes