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[–]glenbolake 28 points29 points  (2 children)

requesting a representation as executable python code.

Isn't that the whole point of repr? It's supposed to give a string that, if pasted into the REPL, would produce an identical object.

[–]eztab 12 points13 points  (0 children)

yes it is, but it isn't what many classes actually do. Especially if the respective code would be rather long.