["python","magic-methods","repr"]
What is the purpose of the __repr__ method?

For example, def __repr__(self): return '<%s %s (%s:%s) %s>' % ( self.__class__.__name__, self.urlconf_name, self.app_name, self.namespace, self.regex.pattern) What is the significance/purpose of this method?
__repr__ should return a printable representation of the object, most likely one of the ways possible to create this object. See also documentation for repr() (which calls __repr__). __repr__ is more for developers, while __str__ is for end users. A simple example (interactive): class Point: def __init__(self, x, y): self.x = x self.y = y def __repr__(self): cls = self.__class__.__name__ return f'{cls}(x={self.x!r}, y={self.y!r})' p = Point(1, 2) p Output: Point(x=1, y=2)