Merge pull request #14702 from pllim/votable-print-clearer

repr for VOTable is now clearer
astropy · Jun 2, 2023 · e62fd73 · e62fd73
2 parents e7c1b8b + 8da73c7
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diff --git a/astropy/io/votable/tests/vo_test.py b/astropy/io/votable/tests/vo_test.py
@@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ def test_repr(self):
         # Resource
         assert repr(self.votable.resources) == "[</>]"
 
+        # Table
+        assert repr(self.table).startswith("<VOTable")
+
 
 class TestThroughTableData(TestParse):
     def setup_class(self):

diff --git a/astropy/io/votable/tree.py b/astropy/io/votable/tree.py
@@ -2420,7 +2420,10 @@ def __init__(
         warn_unknown_attrs("TABLE", extra.keys(), config, pos)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return repr(self.to_table())
+        s = repr(self.to_table())
+        if s.startswith("<Table"):
+            s = "<VO" + s[1:]
+        return s
 
     def __bytes__(self):
         return bytes(self.to_table())

diff --git a/docs/changes/io.votable/14702.feature.rst b/docs/changes/io.votable/14702.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Output of ``repr`` for VOTable instance now clearly shows it is a VOTable and not generic astropy Table.