my class calls __repr__ instead of __str code example

Example 1: __repr__ or __str__

very briefly
 - The default implementation is useless (it’s hard to think of one which wouldn’t be, but yeah)
 - __repr__ goal is to be unambiguous
 - __str__ goal is to be readable
 - Container’s __str__ uses contained objects’ __repr__
 
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Example 2: python __repr__ meaning

>>>x=4
>>>repr(x)
'4'
>>>str(x)
'4'
>>>y='stringy'
>>>repr(y)
"'stringy'"
>>>str(y)
'stringy'