Models should have better default __str__() and __repr__() methods

[GomoX <gomo@…>]

Right now, the default __repr__() method as defined in the Model class (in django/core/meta/__init__.py) looks like:

def __repr__(self):
    return '<%s object>' % self.__class__.__name__

I think we should have at least a __str__() definition and a better __repr__(), which includes at least the object id, so that when using the interactive interpreter, you can tell an object from another. Something like:

def __str__(self):
    return '%s %s' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.id)
def __repr__(self):
    return '<%s object ID=%s>' % (self.__class__.__name__, self.id)

[anonymous]

&#1055

[Antti Kaihola]

The annoying thing about <> -enclosed Python-style repr strings is that when inserting them in templates for debugging you must remember to escape them to actually see them on the page.

[Adrian Holovaty]

This was fixed a while back.