Replace backticks with repr() or "%r"
From SF patch #852334.
diff --git a/Lib/repr.py b/Lib/repr.py
index 0431857..2fa3bab 100644
--- a/Lib/repr.py
+++ b/Lib/repr.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
__all__ = ["Repr","repr"]
+import __builtin__
+
class Repr:
def __init__(self):
self.maxlevel = 6
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@
if hasattr(self, 'repr_' + typename):
return getattr(self, 'repr_' + typename)(x, level)
else:
- s = `x`
+ s = __builtin__.repr(x)
if len(s) > self.maxother:
i = max(0, (self.maxother-3)//2)
j = max(0, self.maxother-3-i)
@@ -81,15 +83,15 @@
if n > self.maxdict: s = s + ', ...'
return '{' + s + '}'
def repr_str(self, x, level):
- s = `x[:self.maxstring]`
+ s = __builtin__.repr(x[:self.maxstring])
if len(s) > self.maxstring:
i = max(0, (self.maxstring-3)//2)
j = max(0, self.maxstring-3-i)
- s = `x[:i] + x[len(x)-j:]`
+ s = __builtin__.repr(x[:i] + x[len(x)-j:])
s = s[:i] + '...' + s[len(s)-j:]
return s
def repr_long(self, x, level):
- s = `x` # XXX Hope this isn't too slow...
+ s = __builtin__.repr(x) # XXX Hope this isn't too slow...
if len(s) > self.maxlong:
i = max(0, (self.maxlong-3)//2)
j = max(0, self.maxlong-3-i)
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@
return s
def repr_instance(self, x, level):
try:
- s = `x`
+ s = __builtin__.repr(x)
# Bugs in x.__repr__() can cause arbitrary
# exceptions -- then make up something
except: