str() representation of sequences and dicts

[Kwikrick]

When calling str() on a sequence or dict object, the elements of the
sequence/dict will be represented as if their __repr__ method was
called. Why is this? Wouldn't it be more consistent when calling str()
on sequence to use the __str__ method of the elements in the sequence?

As it is now, I often find myself typing something like:

print map(str, alist)

instead of just

print str(alist)

For dicts, it's more eleborate still.

Is there a better way to deal with this?

Rick.

[Steve Holden]

praba kar wrote:

Dear All,

I want to know about Modules and packages.
I can understand about Modules but I cannot understand
about Packages. Kindly let me
know about Packages with small example.
I can understand conceptually but I don't know
how to write programmaticall y.

regards
Prabahar

Prabahar:

In your headers I see "In-Reply-To:
<11************ **********@g14g 2000cwa.googleg roups.com>". This means
that people will see your message as part of another thread. It's better
not to do that if you want your message to be read in the proper context.

A package is simply a directory containing an __init__.py file, which is
executed when the package is imported. Sub-packages are subdirectories
of the package main directory containing __init__.py files, which will
be executed when the sub-package is imported. Packages can also contains
modules, which are regular Python files that are executed when the
module is imported.

So, in brief, packages are just a way to let you organize your code in
to a set of mutually dependent modules and sub-packages, making source
maintenance easier and allowing selective import of parts of the
implemented functionality.

regards
Steve
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