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+# Redo the `...` (representation) but with limits on most sizes.
+
+import string
+
+class Repr:
+ def init(self):
+ self.maxlevel = 6
+ self.maxtuple = 6
+ self.maxlist = 6
+ self.maxdict = 4
+ self.maxstring = 30
+ self.maxlong = 40
+ self.maxother = 20
+ return self
+ def repr(self, x):
+ return self.repr1(x, self.maxlevel)
+ def repr1(self, x, level):
+ typename = `type(x)`[7:-2] # "<type '......'>"
+ if ' ' in typename:
+ parts = string.split(typename)
+ typename = string.joinfields(parts, '_')
+ try:
+ f = eval('self.repr_' + typename)
+ except AttributeError:
+ s = `x`
+ if len(s) > self.maxother:
+ i = max(0, (self.maxother-3)/2)
+ j = max(0, self.maxother-3-i)
+ s = s[:i] + '...' + s[len(s)-j:]
+ return s
+ return f(x, level)
+ def repr_tuple(self, x, level):
+ n = len(x)
+ if n == 0: return '()'
+ if level <= 0: return '(...)'
+ s = ''
+ for i in range(min(n, self.maxtuple)):
+ if s: s = s + ', '
+ s = s + self.repr1(x[i], level-1)
+ if n > self.maxtuple: s = s + ', ...'
+ elif n == 1: s = s + ','
+ return '(' + s + ')'
+ def repr_list(self, x, level):
+ n = len(x)
+ if n == 0: return '[]'
+ if level <= 0: return '[...]'
+ s = ''
+ for i in range(min(n, self.maxlist)):
+ if s: s = s + ', '
+ s = s + self.repr1(x[i], level-1)
+ if n > self.maxlist: s = s + ', ...'
+ return '[' + s + ']'
+ def repr_dictionary(self, x, level):
+ n = len(x)
+ if n == 0: return '{}'
+ if level <= 0: return '{...}'
+ s = ''
+ keys = x.keys()
+ keys.sort()
+ for i in range(min(n, self.maxdict)):
+ if s: s = s + ', '
+ key = keys[i]
+ s = s + self.repr1(key, level-1)
+ s = s + ': ' + self.repr1(x[key], level-1)
+ if n > self.maxlist: s = s + ', ...'
+ return '{' + s + '}'
+ def repr_string(self, x, level):
+ s = `x[:self.maxstring]`
+ if len(s) > self.maxstring:
+ i = max(0, (self.maxstring-3)/2)
+ j = max(0, self.maxstring-3-i)
+ s = s[:i] + '...' + s[len(s)-j:]
+ return s
+ def repr_long_int(self, x, level):
+ s = `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)
+ s = s[:i] + '...' + s[len(s)-j:]
+ return s
+
+aRepr = Repr().init()
+repr = aRepr.repr