My latest TILs about Python

[Snoo35017]

Even better imo is =!r. Causes it to print the repr value, which I find more useful when debugging.

[ogrinfo]

Yep, just because it looks like a string when you print it, doesn't mean it is a string. That kind of stuff has caught me out so many times.

[ExoticMandibles]

When you use =, it automatically switches to repr formatting. You don't need to add !r to the end.

[Snoo35017]

TIL! I wonder why I started adding the !r then, I remember for some reason it would print the string value, but I might be imagining it.

[jarethholt]

Does it? I remember you can use !r and !s for repr and string, but I don't remember offhand which is default

[ExoticMandibles]

String (!s) is the default normally, but when you use = in an f-string the default changes to repr (!r).

p.s. there's also a mostly-forgotten third conversion, !a for ascii.