greg ewing lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz terry reedy wrote unfortunately text printed object could value string object thats true sufficiently unlikely string could accidentally arisen way dont lose sleep weird things seem happening particular case ill put repr find exactly whats going time needed though theres another reason bothers string like turns otherwise normal output fairly clear indication ive somehow ended printing something never meant printed whereas comes foo could easily go unnoticed theres something reassuring fact things obvious textual representation stick like sore digit try print wouldnt like lose greg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 230115 1200 python3000 types classes