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Python Object-Oriented Python Advanced Objects Controlling Conversion

Posted by Kafe Hezam
Kafe Hezam
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When Kenneth calls the instance five it returns back the object, why is that?

When Kenneth calls the instance five it returns back the object, why is that? Wouldn't it return back 5 since the magic str method calls it automatically?

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lemelleio
lemelleio
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lemelleio
lemelleio
10,874 Points

When Kenneth called the object 'Five' he got back a representation of the object, which by default is its location in memory. This is dictated by the dunder method Repr.

If he had overridden Repr he could have it return the str representation of it upon being called.