Handling long representation strings

Question

How would you handle long __repr__ strings? Is there a best practice? Lets say I've got the following.

class Foo(object):
    def __init__(self, bar):
        self.bar = bar
    def __repr__(self):
        return 'Foo(bar={0!r})'.format(self.bar)

foo = Foo(largedict)
print repr(foo)

Also is it usefull to add newlines the representation string?

What is 'long' in your context? And what problem with them do you want to 'handle'? — , Oct 08 '12 at 12:35
@Tichodroma E.g. logging such a class might give me a really long line. — P3trus, Oct 09 '12 at 14:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 08 '12 at 12:49

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You may find pprint form the santdard library useful.

answered Oct 08 '12 at 12:49

Nicolas Barbey

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