[ZODB-Dev] ExtensionClass.__str__ and __repr__

[Shane Hathaway]

Christian Reis wrote:
>     >>> from ZODB import Persistent
>     >>> class Foo(Persistent): pass
>     ... 
>     >>> class Bar: pass
>     ... 
> 
>     >>> repr(Bar)
>     '<class __main__.Bar at 0x811fe5c>'
>     >>> str(Bar)
>     '__main__.Bar'
> 
>     >>> repr(Foo)
>     '<extension class __main__.Foo at 8142870>'
>     >>> str(Foo)
>     '<extension class __main__.Foo at 8142870>'
> 
> Is it a bug, and if I provide a patch, would it be accepted?

New-style classes behave like ExtensionClass in this regard, so I think 
ExtensionClass does the right thing.

 >>> class Bar(object): pass
...
 >>> str(Bar)
"<class '__main__.Bar'>"
 >>> repr(Bar)
"<class '__main__.Bar'>"

Shane