launchpad-dev team mailing list archive

[Barry Warsaw <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 12, 2010, at 04:21 AM, Martin Pool wrote:

>We have http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/bzr.dev/developers/HACKING.html#object-string-representations
>if you want to borrow it.

There are some good guidelines in this, but I personally differ in a few
details.

* I like using the '<Thing ...>' style that you see in many of Python's own
  reprs.  Using __class__.__name__ for what follows the left bracket is a good
  recommendation.

* If a colon follows the class name or not is debatable.  I've seen it done
  both ways.

* Using repr() for subobjects inside the parent object on a case-by-case
  basis.  Do it if it makes things more readable.

-Barry

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: PGP signature