Re: [RFC PATCH] python: add __repr__ to ConsoleSocket to aid debugging

[Willian Rampazzo]

On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 5:10 PM Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> While attempting to debug some console weirdness I thought it would be
> worth making it easier to see what it had inside.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> ---
>  python/qemu/console_socket.py | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/python/qemu/console_socket.py b/python/qemu/console_socket.py
> index f060d79e06..77966d1fe9 100644
> --- a/python/qemu/console_socket.py
> +++ b/python/qemu/console_socket.py
> @@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ class ConsoleSocket(socket.socket):
>          if drain:
>              self._drain_thread = self._thread_start()
>
> +    def __repr__(self):
> +        s = super(ConsoleSocket, self).__repr__()
> +        s = s.rstrip(">")
> +        s += ", logfile=%s" % (self._logfile)
> +        s += ", drain_thread=%s" % (self._drain_thread)
> +        s += ">"

We could use something more pythonic for this file. Instead of 3
string concatenations, my suggestion is to go with string formatting,
like:

s = "%s,  logfile=%s, drain_thread=%s>" % (s, self._logfile, self._drain_thread)

As str is immutable in Python, it avoids unnecessary copies.

> +        return s
> +
>      def _drain_fn(self) -> None:
>          """Drains the socket and runs while the socket is open."""
>          while self._open:
> --
> 2.20.1
>
>