Index: Lib/pprint.py
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--- Lib/pprint.py	(revision 55161)
+++ Lib/pprint.py	(working copy)
@@ -103,19 +103,19 @@
             self._stream = _sys.stdout
 
     def pprint(self, object):
-        self._format(object, self._stream, 0, 0, {}, 0)
+        self._format(object, self._stream, 0, 0, {}, 1)
         self._stream.write("\n")
 
     def pformat(self, object):
         sio = _StringIO()
-        self._format(object, sio, 0, 0, {}, 0)
+        self._format(object, sio, 0, 0, {}, 1)
         return sio.getvalue()
 
     def isrecursive(self, object):
-        return self.format(object, {}, 0, 0)[2]
+        return self.format(object, {}, 0, 1)[2]
 
     def isreadable(self, object):
-        s, readable, recursive = self.format(object, {}, 0, 0)
+        s, readable, recursive = self.format(object, {}, 0, 1)
         return readable and not recursive
 
     def _format(self, object, stream, indent, allowance, context, level):
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
         if not object:
             return "{}", True, False
         objid = _id(object)
-        if maxlevels and level > maxlevels:
+        if maxlevels and level >= maxlevels:
             return "{...}", False, objid in context
         if objid in context:
             return _recursion(object), False, True
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
                 return "()", True, False
             format = "(%s)"
         objid = _id(object)
-        if maxlevels and level > maxlevels:
+        if maxlevels and level >= maxlevels:
             return format % "...", False, objid in context
         if objid in context:
             return _recursion(object), False, True