Function GetReprText

Pythonwin/win32util.cpp:1131–1186

utility to get a nice printable string from any object. (reference neutral)

// utility to get a nice printable string from any object. (reference neutral)
CString GetReprText( PyObject *objectUse )
{
	PyObject *s;
	CString csRet;
#ifdef UNICODE
	// PyObject_Unicode disappeared in Py3k, where PyObject_Str returns unicode object
	#if (PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000)
		s=PyObject_Unicode(objectUse);
	#else
		s=PyObject_Str(objectUse);
	#endif
	if (s){
		csRet = CString(PyUnicode_AsUnicode(s));
		Py_DECREF(s);
		return csRet;
		}
#else
	// Assumes that this will always be compiled with UNICODE defined for py3k
	s=PyObject_Str(objectUse);
	if (s){
		csRet = CString(PyString_AsString(s));
		Py_DECREF(s);
		return csRet;
		}
#endif

	PyErr_Clear();
	s = PyObject_Repr(objectUse);
	if (s==NULL){
		PyErr_Clear();
		csRet.Format(_T("<type %s> (no string representation)"), objectUse->ob_type->tp_name);
		return csRet;
		}

	// repr() should return either a string or unicode object, but not sure if this is enforced.
	if (PyUnicode_Check(s))
		csRet = CString(PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(s));
	else if (PyString_Check(s))
		csRet = CString(PyString_AS_STRING(s));
	else
		csRet.Format(_T("??? repr() for type %s returned type %s ???"), objectUse->ob_type->tp_name, s->ob_type->tp_name);
	Py_DECREF(s);
	return csRet;

	/* This was apparently trying to remove enclosing quotes, parens, and brackets but will only succeed for quotes
		Forget about it for now
	Py_ssize_t len=strlen(szRepr);
	if (len > 2 && strchr("\"'[(", *szRepr)) {
		if (szRepr[len-1]==*szRepr) {
			++szRepr;
			len-=2;	// drop first and last chars.
		}
	}
	csRet= CString( szRepr, PyWin_SAFE_DOWNCAST(len, Py_ssize_t, int) );
	*/
}