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Title: reprlib documentation references string module
Type: Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: berker.peksag Nosy List: berker.peksag, cvrebert, docs@python, eric.araujo, magcius, python-dev
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2012-05-16 05:52 by magcius, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Files
File name Uploaded Description Edit
reprlib.rst.patch cvrebert, 2012-05-16 08:07 straightforward patch review
reprlib.rst.patch cvrebert, 2012-08-27 05:59 corrected patch per Jasper review
Messages (7)
msg160805 - (view) Author: Jasper St. Pierre (magcius) Date: 2012-05-16 05:52
http://docs.python.org/dev/library/reprlib.html

"""
Formatting methods for specific types are implemented as methods with a name based on the type name. In the method name, TYPE is replaced by string.join(string.split(type(obj).__name__, '_')). Dispatch to these methods is handled by repr1(). Type-specific methods which need to recursively format a value should call self.repr1(subobj, level - 1).
"""

Outstanding.
msg160810 - (view) Author: Chris Rebert (cvrebert) * Date: 2012-05-16 08:07
Patch. Though I ponder whether the expression in question might be equivalent to simply:
    type(obj).__name__.replace('_', ' ')
msg160867 - (view) Author: Jasper St. Pierre (magcius) Date: 2012-05-16 14:18
Yes. Yes it would. In my opinion, it really shouldn't do this sort of name mangling, as it's a terrible idea, but whatever.
msg161083 - (view) Author: Jasper St. Pierre (magcius) Date: 2012-05-18 20:38
The documentation is just flat out wrong, actually:

    if ' ' in typename:
        parts = typename.split()
        typename = '_'.join(parts)

The documentation is claiming the inverse.

I don't know why we would ever have a space in a typename, ever (and if someone does awful hacks to get to that state, he should probably also do awful hacks to make reprlib work properly). It would be for the best if we could just remove this brain damage, but whatever.
msg169181 - (view) Author: Chris Rebert (cvrebert) * Date: 2012-08-27 05:59
Updated patch. I concur that anyone creating a type whose name has whitespace in it is just asking for trouble.
msg227025 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-09-18 03:04
New changeset e9968782c9ba by Berker Peksag in branch '3.4':
Issue #14824: Update Repr.repr_TYPE documentation to use correct name mangling implementation.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e9968782c9ba

New changeset a0372781eafb by Berker Peksag in branch 'default':
Issue #14824: Update Repr.repr_TYPE documentation to use correct name mangling implementation.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a0372781eafb
msg227026 - (view) Author: Berker Peksag (berker.peksag) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-09-18 03:08
> I don't know why we would ever have a space in a typename, ever (and if someone does awful hacks to get to that state, he should probably also do awful hacks to make reprlib work properly).

That part of the code has been added 22 years ago: https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a0d4c5ef1d5d#l9.22 So probably the reason is that the code is just old. 

Thanks for the patch, Chris!
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:30adminsetgithub: 59029
2014-09-18 03:08:22berker.peksagsetstatus: open -> closed

assignee: docs@python -> berker.peksag

nosy: + berker.peksag
messages: + msg227026
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2014-09-18 03:04:57python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg227025
2014-09-18 02:31:19berker.peksagsetstage: patch review
versions: + Python 3.4, Python 3.5, - Python 3.2, Python 3.3
2012-08-27 05:59:42cvrebertsetfiles: + reprlib.rst.patch

messages: + msg169181
2012-05-18 20:38:54magciussetmessages: + msg161083
2012-05-18 20:34:51eric.araujosetnosy: + eric.araujo

versions: + Python 3.2, Python 3.3, - Python 3.4
2012-05-16 14:18:23magciussetmessages: + msg160867
2012-05-16 08:07:20cvrebertsetfiles: + reprlib.rst.patch

nosy: + cvrebert
messages: + msg160810

keywords: + patch
2012-05-16 05:52:23magciuscreate