Altering __repr__ methods to accurately represent subclass names

AUTHORS.rst

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Code contributions:
 - Michał Górny (mgorny)
 - Serge Lu (Serge45)
 - Eric Prestat (ericpre)
+- Gabriel Mitelman Tkacz (gtkacz)
 
 
 

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Version 7.1.2
+-------------
+
+* Fixing #261 altering all `__repr__` methods so that subclassing will output the correct class name
+
 Version 7.1.1
 -------------
 

box/box.py

@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ def popitem(self):
         return key, self.pop(key)
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"Box({self})"
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({self})"
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return str(self.to_dict())

box/box_list.py

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def _dotted_helper(self) -> List[str]:
         return keys
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f"BoxList({self.to_list()})"
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({self.to_list()})"
 
     def __str__(self):
         return str(self.to_list())

box/config_box.py

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def getfloat(self, item, default=None):
         return self.float(item, default)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "ConfigBox({0})".format(str(self.to_dict()))
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({str(self.to_dict())})"
 
     def copy(self):
         return ConfigBox(super().copy())

box/shorthand_box.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def toml(self) -> str:
         return self.to_toml()
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f"SBox({self})"
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({self})"
 
     def copy(self) -> "SBox":
         return SBox(super(SBox, self).copy())
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         return obj
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"DDBox({self})"
+        return f"{self.__class__.__name__}({self})"