terry reedy twhvuyludeledu guido van rossum wrote message newsca471dc20804161420o5e51978csdf99d2427f328c5bmailgmailcom str note interactive prompt uses repr display values impression range still wanted maintain distinction evalable friendly representation ok would almost wonder whether functions remember reason two versions string representation proposal approve full abbreviated rep classes _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 143755 0400 pythondev string representation range 30