pprint handles depth argument incorrectly

[dimaq]

BPO	1712742
Nosy	@birkenfeld
Superseder	bpo-1713041: fix for 1712742: corrects pprint's handling of 'depth'

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2008-05-12.16:25:52.318>
created_at = <Date 2007-05-04.13:47:32.000>
labels = ['library']
title = 'pprint handles depth argument incorrectly'
updated_at = <Date 2008-05-12.16:25:52.164>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/dimaq'

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activity = <Date 2008-05-12.16:25:52.164>
actor = 'georg.brandl'
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creator = 'dimaq'
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issue_num = 1712742
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
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status = 'closed'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1712742'
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[dimaq]

pprint.pprint( [[[[[ ]]]]], depth=0)
AssertionError: depth must be > 0

pprint.pprint( [[[[[ ]]]]], depth=0.5)
[[...]]

pprint.pprint( [[[[[ ]]]]], depth=1)
[[[...]]]

I would like to see the root (that is [...]) with depth=0 (or depth=1 if you insist), either way, [[[...]]] for depth=1 is incorrect.

[draghuram]

I created patch 1712742 to fix this. BTW, I think that a depth of 1 should mean the top level object.

[collinwinter]

The correct patch number is 1713041. Neal, assigning to you so you can close this at the same time as the patch.

[draghuram]

Of course. Thanks for the correction.

[birkenfeld]

Closing as dupe of the patch issue.