[FIXED] __repr__ inheritance with pygame.Rec

Issue

In my test I created a list of instances of class B, which inherits from pygame.Rect, and has its own __repr__ method.

When I print the list as print(blocks), it correctly calls the child __repr__, but if I print the single elements of the list using a loop, it prints the __repr__ method of the parent class instead.

Why is this happening?

import pygame

class B(pygame.Rect):
    def __init__(self, x, y, w, h, c):
        super().__init__(x, y, w, h)
        self.c = c
    def __repr__(self):
        return "<ColorRect({}, {}, {}, {}, {})>".format(self.x, self.y, self.w, self.h, self.c)

blocks = []
size = 1
n = 2
for x in range(0, n*size, size):
    for y in range(0, n*size, size):
        block = B(x, y, 2, 2, (0,0,0))
        blocks.append(block)

# This prints the child __repr__
print(blocks)
# This prints the parent __repr__
for block in blocks:
    print(block)

Solution

print(block) calls the __str__ method, not the __repr__ method. So you need to override __str__ in B.

Answered By - Rabbid76