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- <span id="reprlib-alternate-repr-implementation"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-reprlib" title="reprlib: Alternate repr() implementation with size limits."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">reprlib</span></code></a> — Alternate <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#repr" title="repr"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr()</span></code></a> implementation<a class="headerlink" href="#module-reprlib" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
- <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.12/Lib/reprlib.py">Lib/reprlib.py</a></p>
- <hr class="docutils" />
- <p>The <code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">reprlib</span></code> 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.</p>
- <p>This module provides a class, an instance, and a function:</p>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">reprlib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Repr</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxlevel</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">6</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxtuple</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">6</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxlist</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">6</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxarray</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">5</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxdict</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">4</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxset</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">6</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxfrozenset</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">6</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxdeque</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">6</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxstring</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">30</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxlong</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">40</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maxother</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">30</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">fillvalue</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'...'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">indent</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Class which provides formatting services useful in implementing functions
- similar to the built-in <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#repr" title="repr"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr()</span></code></a>; size limits for different object types
- are added to avoid the generation of representations which are excessively long.</p>
- <p>The keyword arguments of the constructor can be used as a shortcut to set the
- attributes of the <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr" title="reprlib.Repr"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Repr</span></code></a> instance. Which means that the following
- initialization:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">aRepr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">reprlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">maxlevel</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>Is equivalent to:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">aRepr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">reprlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Repr</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="n">aRepr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">maxlevel</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">3</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>See section <a class="reference internal" href="#id1">Repr Objects</a> for more information about <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr" title="reprlib.Repr"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Repr</span></code></a>
- attributes.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.12: </span>Allow attributes to be set via keyword arguments.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py data">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.aRepr">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">reprlib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">aRepr</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.aRepr" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>This is an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr" title="reprlib.Repr"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Repr</span></code></a> which is used to provide the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.repr" title="reprlib.repr"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr()</span></code></a> function described below. Changing the attributes of this
- object will affect the size limits used by <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.repr" title="reprlib.repr"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr()</span></code></a> and the Python
- debugger.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py function">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.repr">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">reprlib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">repr</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.repr" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>This is the <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr.repr" title="reprlib.Repr.repr"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr()</span></code></a> method of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">aRepr</span></code>. It returns a string
- similar to that returned by the built-in function of the same name, but with
- limits on most sizes.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p>In addition to size-limiting tools, the module also provides a decorator for
- detecting recursive calls to <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__repr__" title="object.__repr__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__repr__()</span></code></a> and substituting a
- placeholder string instead.</p>
- <dl class="py function" id="index-0">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.recursive_repr">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">@</span></span><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">reprlib.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">recursive_repr</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">fillvalue</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'...'</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.recursive_repr" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Decorator for <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__repr__" title="object.__repr__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__repr__()</span></code></a> methods to detect recursive calls within the
- same thread. If a recursive call is made, the <em>fillvalue</em> is returned,
- otherwise, the usual <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__repr__()</span></code> call is made. For example:</p>
- <div class="highlight-pycon notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">reprlib</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">recursive_repr</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">MyList</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="nd">@recursive_repr</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__repr__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="s1">'<'</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="s1">'|'</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">map</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="s1">'>'</span>
- <span class="gp">...</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">m</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MyList</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'abc'</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">m</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">m</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'x'</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">m</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="go"><'a'|'b'|'c'|...|'x'></span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.2.</span></p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <section id="repr-objects">
- <span id="id1"></span><h2>Repr Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#repr-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p><a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr" title="reprlib.Repr"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Repr</span></code></a> instances provide several attributes which can be used to provide
- size limits for the representations of different object types, and methods
- which format specific object types.</p>
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.fillvalue">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">fillvalue</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.fillvalue" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>This string is displayed for recursive references. It defaults to
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">...</span></code>.</p>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.11.</span></p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxlevel">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxlevel</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxlevel" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Depth limit on the creation of recursive representations. The default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">6</span></code>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxdict">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxdict</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxdict" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxlist">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxlist</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxlist" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxtuple">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxtuple</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxtuple" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxset">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxset</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxset" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxfrozenset">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxfrozenset</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxfrozenset" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxdeque">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxdeque</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxdeque" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxarray">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxarray</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxarray" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Limits on the number of entries represented for the named object type. The
- default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">4</span></code> for <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxdict" title="reprlib.Repr.maxdict"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">maxdict</span></code></a>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">5</span></code> for <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxarray" title="reprlib.Repr.maxarray"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">maxarray</span></code></a>, and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">6</span></code> for
- the others.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxlong">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxlong</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxlong" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Maximum number of characters in the representation for an integer. Digits
- are dropped from the middle. The default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">40</span></code>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxstring">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxstring</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxstring" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Limit on the number of characters in the representation of the string. Note
- that the “normal” representation of the string is used as the character source:
- if escape sequences are needed in the representation, these may be mangled when
- the representation is shortened. The default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">30</span></code>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.maxother">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">maxother</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxother" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>This limit is used to control the size of object types for which no specific
- formatting method is available on the <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr" title="reprlib.Repr"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Repr</span></code></a> object. It is applied in a
- similar manner as <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr.maxstring" title="reprlib.Repr.maxstring"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">maxstring</span></code></a>. The default is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">20</span></code>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.indent">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">indent</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.indent" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>If this attribute is set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> (the default), the output is formatted
- with no line breaks or indentation, like the standard <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#repr" title="repr"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr()</span></code></a>.
- For example:</p>
- <div class="highlight-pycon notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">example</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span>
- <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'spam'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="s1">'a'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'b'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'spam eggs'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'c'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mf">4.5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">6</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">[]}},</span> <span class="s1">'ham'</span><span class="p">]</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">reprlib</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">aRepr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">reprlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Repr</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">aRepr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">example</span><span class="p">))</span>
- <span class="go">[1, 'spam', {'a': 2, 'b': 'spam eggs', 'c': {3: 4.5, 6: []}}, 'ham']</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>If <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr.indent" title="reprlib.Repr.indent"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">indent</span></code></a> is set to a string, each recursion level
- is placed on its own line, indented by that string:</p>
- <div class="highlight-pycon notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">aRepr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">indent</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'-->'</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">aRepr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">example</span><span class="p">))</span>
- <span class="go">[</span>
- <span class="go">-->1,</span>
- <span class="go">-->'spam',</span>
- <span class="go">-->{</span>
- <span class="go">-->-->'a': 2,</span>
- <span class="go">-->-->'b': 'spam eggs',</span>
- <span class="go">-->-->'c': {</span>
- <span class="go">-->-->-->3: 4.5,</span>
- <span class="go">-->-->-->6: [],</span>
- <span class="go">-->-->},</span>
- <span class="go">-->},</span>
- <span class="go">-->'ham',</span>
- <span class="go">]</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>Setting <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr.indent" title="reprlib.Repr.indent"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">indent</span></code></a> to a positive integer value behaves as if it
- was set to a string with that number of spaces:</p>
- <div class="highlight-pycon notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">aRepr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">indent</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">4</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">aRepr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">example</span><span class="p">))</span>
- <span class="go">[</span>
- <span class="go"> 1,</span>
- <span class="go"> 'spam',</span>
- <span class="go"> {</span>
- <span class="go"> 'a': 2,</span>
- <span class="go"> 'b': 'spam eggs',</span>
- <span class="go"> 'c': {</span>
- <span class="go"> 3: 4.5,</span>
- <span class="go"> 6: [],</span>
- <span class="go"> },</span>
- <span class="go"> },</span>
- <span class="go"> 'ham',</span>
- <span class="go">]</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.12.</span></p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.repr">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">repr</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.repr" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The equivalent to the built-in <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#repr" title="repr"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr()</span></code></a> that uses the formatting imposed by
- the instance.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="reprlib.Repr.repr1">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">repr1</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">level</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#reprlib.Repr.repr1" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Recursive implementation used by <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr.repr" title="reprlib.Repr.repr"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr()</span></code></a>. This uses the type of <em>obj</em> to
- determine which formatting method to call, passing it <em>obj</em> and <em>level</em>. The
- type-specific methods should call <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr.repr1" title="reprlib.Repr.repr1"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr1()</span></code></a> to perform recursive formatting,
- with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">level</span> <span class="pre">-</span> <span class="pre">1</span></code> for the value of <em>level</em> in the recursive call.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Repr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">repr_TYPE</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">level</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span></dt>
- <dd><p>Formatting methods for specific types are implemented as methods with a name
- based on the type name. In the method name, <strong>TYPE</strong> is replaced by
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'_'.join(type(obj).__name__.split())</span></code>. Dispatch to these methods is
- handled by <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr.repr1" title="reprlib.Repr.repr1"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr1()</span></code></a>. Type-specific methods which need to recursively
- format a value should call <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self.repr1(subobj,</span> <span class="pre">level</span> <span class="pre">-</span> <span class="pre">1)</span></code>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="subclassing-repr-objects">
- <span id="subclassing-reprs"></span><h2>Subclassing Repr Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#subclassing-repr-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>The use of dynamic dispatching by <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr.repr1" title="reprlib.Repr.repr1"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Repr.repr1()</span></code></a> allows subclasses of
- <a class="reference internal" href="#reprlib.Repr" title="reprlib.Repr"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Repr</span></code></a> to add support for additional built-in object types or to modify
- the handling of types already supported. This example shows how special support
- for file objects could be added:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">reprlib</span>
- <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">sys</span>
-
- <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">MyRepr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">reprlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Repr</span><span class="p">):</span>
-
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">repr_TextIOWrapper</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">level</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">obj</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="s1">'<stdin>'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'<stdout>'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'<stderr>'</span><span class="p">}:</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">obj</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="n">aRepr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MyRepr</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">aRepr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdin</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="c1"># prints '<stdin>'</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><stdin>
- </pre></div>
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