Re: [matplotlib-devel] modifying TConfig

[Fernando P. <fpe...@gm...>]

On Dec 13, 2007 4:14 PM, Christopher Barker <Chr...@no...> wrote:

> I'm not up on the details of this specific issue, but in general, the
> idea that:
>
> __repr__ is precise and complete
> __str__ is pretty and readable
>
> is a good one

+1

For a while I've toyed with the idea of adding an option to ipython so
the output prompts could use str() instead of  repr(), so users who
*deliberately* want to switch, aware of the potential conflicts, do
so.

It's easy and I'm about to get on a plane, so I might code it in if I can.

Cheers,

f