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## NAME
    pprint - Support to pretty-print lists, tuples, & dictionaries recursively.

## MODULE REFERENCE
    <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/pprint.html>

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## DESCRIPTION
    Very simple, but useful, especially in debugging data structures.

    Classes
    -------

    PrettyPrinter()
        Handle pretty-printing operations onto a stream using a configured
        set of formatting parameters.

    Functions
    ---------

### pformat
        Format a Python object into a pretty-printed representation.

### pprint
        Pretty-print a Python object to a stream [default is sys.stdout].

### saferepr
        Generate a 'standard' repr()-like value, but protect against recursive
        data structures.

## CLASSES
    builtins.object
        PrettyPrinter

### class PrettyPrinter
     |  PrettyPrinter(indent=1, width=80, depth=None, stream=None, *, compact=False, sort_dicts=True, underscore_numbers=False)
     |
     |  Methods defined here:
     |
     |  __init__(self, indent=1, width=80, depth=None, stream=None, *, compact=False, sort_dicts=True, underscore_numbers=False)
     |      Handle pretty printing operations onto a stream using a set of
     |      configured parameters.
     |
     |      indent
     |          Number of spaces to indent for each level of nesting.
     |
     |      width
     |          Attempted maximum number of columns in the output.
     |
     |      depth
     |          The maximum depth to print out nested structures.
     |
     |      stream
     |          The desired output stream.  If omitted (or false), the standard
     |          output stream available at construction will be used.
     |
     |      compact
     |          If true, several items will be combined in one line.
     |
     |      sort_dicts
     |          If true, dict keys are sorted.
     |
     |  format(self, object, context, maxlevels, level)
     |      Format object for a specific context, returning a string
     |      and flags indicating whether the representation is 'readable'
     |      and whether the object represents a recursive construct.
     |
     |  isreadable(self, object)
     |
     |  isrecursive(self, object)
     |
     |  pformat(self, object)
     |
     |  pprint(self, object)
     |
     |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |  Data descriptors defined here:
     |
     |  __dict__
     |      dictionary for instance variables (if defined)
     |
     |  __weakref__
     |      list of weak references to the object (if defined)

## FUNCTIONS
### isreadable
        Determine if saferepr(object) is readable by eval().

### isrecursive
        Determine if object requires a recursive representation.

### pformat
        Format a Python object into a pretty-printed representation.

### pp
        Pretty-print a Python object

### pprint
        Pretty-print a Python object to a stream [default is sys.stdout].

### saferepr
        Version of repr() which can handle recursive data structures.

## DATA
    __all__ = ['pprint', 'pformat', 'isreadable', 'isrecursive', 'saferepr...

## FILE
    /usr/lib/python3.10/pprint.py