From d804f4eea0c9831082bd267133f6c2e8cd0101ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:30:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] _safe_repr():  Simplify the condition tests in the first
 possible 	       return path.

---
 Lib/pprint.py | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/pprint.py b/Lib/pprint.py
index fcf09046c8..fdfdc4395f 100644
--- a/Lib/pprint.py
+++ b/Lib/pprint.py
@@ -187,20 +187,15 @@ class PrettyPrinter:
 
 def _safe_repr(object, context, maxlevels=None, level=0):
     level = level + 1
-    readable = 1
     typ = type(object)
     if not (typ in (DictType, ListType, TupleType) and object):
         rep = `object`
-        if rep:
-            if rep[0] == '<':
-                readable = 0
-        else:
-            readable = 0
-        return `object`, readable
+        return rep, (rep and (rep[0] != '<'))
     if context.has_key(id(object)):
         return `_Recursion(object)`, 0
     objid = id(object)
     context[objid] = 1
+    readable = 1
     if typ is DictType:
         if maxlevels and level >= maxlevels:
             s = "{...}"
-- 
2.40.0