From: Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 23:28:07 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: SF bug #131560:  pdb imports 'repr', causing name collision
X-Git-Tag: v2.1b1~422
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6f8ee59653261731d73f0e16bd3f667db57133bd;p=python

SF bug #131560:  pdb imports 'repr', causing name collision
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diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index b8a8f5678c..1286f122ba 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 import linecache
 import cmd
 import bdb
-import repr
+from repr import repr as _saferepr
 import os
 import re
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class Pdb(bdb.Bdb, cmd.Cmd):
         if type(exc_type) == type(''):
             exc_type_name = exc_type
         else: exc_type_name = exc_type.__name__
-        print exc_type_name + ':', repr.repr(exc_value)
+        print exc_type_name + ':', _saferepr(exc_value)
         self.interaction(frame, exc_traceback)
 
     # General interaction function