str() for Symbol

implementations/python/preserves/merge.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def merge2(a, b, merge_embedded=None):
       ...
     ValueError: Cannot merge items
     >>> merge2(Record('a', [1, {'x': 2}]), Record('a', [1, {'y': 3}]))
-    a(1, {'x': 2, 'y': 3})
+    'a'(1, {'x': 2, 'y': 3})
 
     ```
 

implementations/python/preserves/values.py

@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ class Symbol(object):
     #xyz
     >>> Symbol('xyz').name
     'xyz'
+    >>> repr(Symbol('xyz'))
+    '#xyz'
+    >>> str(Symbol('xyz'))
+    'xyz'
     >>> import preserves
     >>> preserves.stringify(Symbol('xyz'))
     'xyz'
@@ -228,6 +232,9 @@ class Symbol(object):
     def __repr__(self):
         return '#' + self.name
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name
+
     def __preserve_write_binary__(self, encoder):
         bs = self.name.encode('utf-8')
         encoder.buffer.append(0xb3)
@@ -289,7 +296,7 @@ class Record(object):
         return self.__hash
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return str(self.key) + '(' + ', '.join((repr(f) for f in self.fields)) + ')'
+        return repr(self.key) + '(' + ', '.join((repr(f) for f in self.fields)) + ')'
 
     def __preserve_write_binary__(self, encoder):
         encoder.buffer.append(0xb4)
@@ -432,7 +439,7 @@ class RecordConstructorInfo(object):
         return self.__hash
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return str(self.key) + '/' + str(self.arity)
+        return repr(self.key) + '/' + str(self.arity)
 
 # Blub blub blub
 class ImmutableDict(dict):

implementations/python/setup.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name="preserves",
-    version="0.992.0",
+    version="0.992.1",
     author="Tony Garnock-Jones",
     author_email="tonyg@leastfixedpoint.com",
     license="Apache Software License",