From: Eric V. Smith <ericvsmith@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 12:36:21 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: bpo-33517: dataclasses: Add the field type to Field repr (GH-6858)
X-Git-Tag: v3.8.0a1~1852
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=01abc6ec3a61769c55ee86834a432fb97801d28f;p=python

bpo-33517: dataclasses: Add the field type to Field repr (GH-6858)
---

diff --git a/Lib/dataclasses.py b/Lib/dataclasses.py
index 2ce6a02dcd..0f9041604a 100644
--- a/Lib/dataclasses.py
+++ b/Lib/dataclasses.py
@@ -166,9 +166,14 @@ MISSING = _MISSING_TYPE()
 _EMPTY_METADATA = types.MappingProxyType({})
 
 # Markers for the various kinds of fields and pseudo-fields.
-_FIELD = object()                 # An actual field.
-_FIELD_CLASSVAR = object()        # Not a field, but a ClassVar.
-_FIELD_INITVAR = object()         # Not a field, but an InitVar.
+class _FIELD_BASE:
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self.name = name
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.name
+_FIELD = _FIELD_BASE('_FIELD')
+_FIELD_CLASSVAR = _FIELD_BASE('_FIELD_CLASSVAR')
+_FIELD_INITVAR = _FIELD_BASE('_FIELD_INITVAR')
 
 # The name of an attribute on the class where we store the Field
 #  objects. Also used to check if a class is a Data Class.
@@ -237,7 +242,8 @@ class Field:
                 f'repr={self.repr!r},'
                 f'hash={self.hash!r},'
                 f'compare={self.compare!r},'
-                f'metadata={self.metadata!r}'
+                f'metadata={self.metadata!r},'
+                f'_field_type={self._field_type}'
                 ')')
 
     # This is used to support the PEP 487 __set_name__ protocol in the