[rb-general] Addresses in (I)Python output

[Daniel Shahaf]

Chris Lamb wrote on Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:06 +00:00:
> Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> 
> > > Indeed, but I'm not sure we were really suggesting that we normalise
> > > all "\b0x[0-9a-z]+\b", rather that we patch the "repr"-like routine
> > > which would not have any affect on the above.
> > 
> > That's my understanding too, but my point stands. 
> 
> I suspect that we are talking at cross-purposes here as what is in my
> head would not affect the result of the "o == o2" predicate, etc.

The documentation source would say:

>>> o
<cls.C object at 0x42>
>>> o2
<cls.C object at 0x43>

The documentation, after stripping hex addresses, would say:

>>> o
<cls.C object>
>>> o2
<cls.C object>

Thus, stripping hex addresses from repr() output would lose information.

> Anyway, how about this thread is taken to the relevant upstream lists
> or issue trackers?

Good call.  Rebecca, would you like to re-start this thread as Chris says?

Cheers,

Daniel