[PyKDE] Printing empty QStrings

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Phil Thompson wrote:

> Andrew Kuchling wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 05:50:15PM +0000, Phil Thompson wrote:
> > >I'm more and more inclined to go with repr of a null QString and an
> >                                        ^^^^
> > >empty QString to both return an empty Python string. Generally QString
> > 
> > This is a typo for str, right?  repr() is commonly used for debugging
> > printouts, so you usually want as much info as possible.
> 
> No it's not a typo. At the moment str isn't implemented and falls back
> to repr. One of the suggestions I made was to implement str and have
> both null and empty QStrings return an empty Python string, and to have
> repr return (for a null QString) soemthing like "<null QString at
> zzzz>".
> 
> Would this be the best compromise, consistent with the rest of Python?
> 

Yes: I would prefer repr to give a hint about what kind of object it is,
while str to return an empty Python string for both QString() and
QString(""), would be useful.