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3.25 <tt class="module">repr</tt> --
Alternate <tt class="function">repr()</tt> implementation</A>
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The <tt class="module">repr</tt> module provides a means for producing object
representations with limits on the size of the resulting strings.
This is used in the Python debugger and may be useful in other
contexts as well.
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This module provides a class, an instance, and a function:
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<dl><dt><b><span class="typelabel">class</span> <a name="l2h-628"><tt class="class">Repr</tt></a></b>()
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Class which provides formatting services useful in implementing
functions similar to the built-in <tt class="function">repr()</tt>; size limits for
different object types are added to avoid the generation of
representations which are excessively long.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-629"><tt>aRepr</tt></a></b>
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This is an instance of <tt class="class">Repr</tt> which is used to provide the
<tt class="function">repr()</tt> function described below. Changing the attributes
of this object will affect the size limits used by <tt class="function">repr()</tt>
and the Python debugger.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-630"><tt class="function">repr</tt></a></b>(<var>obj</var>)
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This is the <tt class="method">repr()</tt> method of <code>aRepr</code>. It returns a
string similar to that returned by the built-in function of the same
name, but with limits on most sizes.
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