Auto __repr__ method

I want to have simple representation of any class, like { property = value }, is there auto __repr__?

From stackoverflow

• Do you mean

  __dict__
  

  ?

• Yes, you can make a class "AutoRepr" and let all other classes extend it:

  >>> class AutoRepr(object):
  ...     def __repr__(self):
  ...         items = ("%s = %r" % (k, v) for k, v in self.__dict__.items())
  ...         return "<%s: {%s}>" % (self.__class__.__name__, ', '.join(items))
  ... 
  >>> class AnyOtherClass(AutoRepr):
  ...     def __init__(self):
  ...         self.foo = 'foo'
  ...         self.bar = 'bar'
  ...
  >>> repr(AnyOtherClass())
  "<AnyOtherClass: {foo = 'foo', bar = 'bar'}>"
  

  Note that the above code will not act nicely on data structures that (either directly or indirectly) reference themselves. As an alternative, you can define a function that works on any type:

  >>> def autoRepr(obj):
  ...     try:
  ...         items = ("%s = %r" % (k, v) for k, v in obj.__dict__.items())
  ...         return "<%s: {%s}." % (obj.__class__.__name__, ', '.join(items))
  ...     except AttributeError:
  ...         return repr(obj)
  ... 
  >>> class AnyOtherClass(object):
  ...     def __init__(self):
  ...         self.foo = 'foo'
  ...         self.bar = 'bar'
  ...
  >>> autoRepr(AnyOtherClass())
  "<AnyOtherClass: {foo = 'foo', bar = 'bar'}>"
  >>> autoRepr(7)
  '7'
  >>> autoRepr(None)
  'None'
  

  Note that the above function is not defined recursively, on purpose, for the reason mentioned earlier.

  dynback.com : __dict__ is not showing class AnyOtherClass(object): foo = 'hello'