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[Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxx>]

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/686807

Title:
  Having __str__ not __repr__ as part of the matcher protocol is awkward

Status in testtools:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  For example, this is from MismatchesAll:

      def __str__(self):
          return 'MatchesAll(%s)' % ', '.join(map(str, self.matchers))

  Wouldn't this:

      def __repr__(self):
          return 'MatchesAll(%r)' % (self.matchers, )

  be much easier?  This even seems more in the spirit of what __repr__
  is usually used for than what testtools does now.

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