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(python2.1-lib.info)PrettyPrinter Objects

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PrettyPrinter Objects
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`PrettyPrinter' instances have the following methods:

`pformat(object)'
     Return the formatted representation of OBJECT.  This takes into
     Account the options passed to the `PrettyPrinter' constructor.

`pprint(object)'
     Print the formatted representation of OBJECT on the configured
     stream, followed by a newline.

The following methods provide the implementations for the corresponding
functions of the same names.  Using these methods on an instance is
slightly more efficient since new `PrettyPrinter' objects don't need to
be created.

`isreadable(object)'
     Determine if the formatted representation of the object is
     "readable," or can be used to reconstruct the value using `eval()'
     .  Note that this returns false for recursive objects.  If the
     DEPTH parameter of the `PrettyPrinter' is set and the object is
     deeper than allowed, this returns false.

`isrecursive(object)'
     Determine if the object requires a recursive representation.