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#868845: document <...> reprs.

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.. XXX document all delegations to __special__ methods
.. _built-in-funcs: .. _built-in-funcs:
Built-in Functions Built-in Functions
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.. function:: repr(object) .. function:: repr(object)
Return a string containing a printable representation of an object. This is the Return a string containing a printable representation of an object. For many
same value yielded by conversions (reverse quotes). It is sometimes useful to be types, this function makes an attempt to return a string that would yield an
able to access this operation as an ordinary function. For many types, this object with the same value when passed to :func:`eval`, otherwise the
function makes an attempt to return a string that would yield an object with the representation is a string enclosed in angle brackets that contains the name
same value when passed to :func:`eval`. of the type of the object together with additional information often
including the name and address of the object. A class can control what this
function returns for its instances by defining a :meth:`__repr__` method.
.. function:: reversed(seq) .. function:: reversed(seq)