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		lofaszvanitt on July 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Wat – Deep inspection of Python objects Python's biggest weakness is the lack of a function that shows you how exactly a variable looks like. the var_dump (php, ha!) works like wonders. The best library ever created for Python ;). and now wat is also looking to be a close contender for best helping hand.

fuzztester on July 26, 2024 [–]

>Python's biggest weakness is the lack of a function that shows you how exactly a variable looks like.

Doesn't the repr() built-in function do what you want?

It can also be customized by defining the __repr__() method of a class, IIRC.

Commonly done.

lofaszvanitt on July 28, 2024 | [–]

Nop.

fuzztester on July 31, 2024 | | [–]

Yup. :)

Read about repr() here:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html

and dunder repr, i.e. __repr__() here:

https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__...

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