fix: repr(g) is the one-line summary, show() lists the vertices

src/pgraph/PGraph.py

@@ -323,15 +323,38 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
             >>> g.add_edge(v2, v3)
             >>> str(g)
 
-        :seealso: :meth:`show`
+        :seealso: :meth:`__repr__` :meth:`show`
         """
         s = f"{self.__class__.__name__}: {self.n:,} {'vertex' if self.n==1 else 'vertices'}, {self.ne:,} edge{'s'[:self.ne^1]}, {self.nc:,} component{'s'[:self.nc^1]}"
         return s
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        # NOTE: this is shadowed by the __repr__ defined further below in
-        # this class, which is the one actually used -- kept as-is here to
-        # avoid changing behaviour as part of a typing-only pass.
+        """
+        Representation of the graph, the same one-line summary as :meth:`__str__`
+
+        :return: one-line summary of vertex/edge/component counts
+        :rtype: str
+
+        The representation of a graph does not list its vertices, since that
+        would be as long as the graph, and a ``repr`` is what appears in a
+        notebook cell, a debugger, a log or an error message.  Use
+        :meth:`show` to list them.
+
+        .. runblock:: pycon
+
+            >>> from pgraph import UGraph
+            >>> g = UGraph()
+            >>> v1 = g.add_vertex(coord=[0,0], name='v1')
+            >>> v2 = g.add_vertex(coord=[1,1], name='v2')
+            >>> g.add_edge(v1, v2)
+            >>> repr(g)
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 1.1
+            Was one line per vertex, with its name, coordinate and component;
+            that is now printed by :meth:`show`.
+
+        :seealso: :meth:`__str__` :meth:`show`
+        """
         return str(self)
 
     @classmethod
@@ -1501,7 +1524,11 @@ def remove(self, x: Edge | Vertex) -> None:
 
     def show(self) -> None:
         """
-        Print a summary of all vertices and edges to stdout
+        Print a listing of all vertices and edges to stdout
+
+        Each vertex is shown with its name, coordinate and component number,
+        and each edge by its endpoints, cost and data.  This is as long as the
+        graph, unlike :meth:`__str__` and :meth:`__repr__`, which are one line.
 
         .. runblock:: pycon
 
@@ -1512,11 +1539,18 @@ def show(self) -> None:
             >>> g.add_edge(v1, v2)
             >>> g.show()
 
-        :seealso: :meth:`__str__`
+        .. versionchanged:: 1.1
+            Each vertex is shown with its coordinate and component number,
+            which were what ``repr(g)`` listed before it became one line.
+
+        :seealso: :meth:`__str__` :meth:`plot`
         """
         print("vertices:")
         for v in self._vertexlist:
-            print("  " + str(v))
+            line = f"  {v.name} at {v.coord}"
+            if v.label is not None:
+                line += f" component={v.label}"
+            print(line)
         print("edges:")
         for e in self._edges:
             print("  " + str(e))
@@ -1808,33 +1842,6 @@ def heuristic(self, heuristic: Callable[[NDArray], float] | str) -> None:
         """
         self._heuristic = self._metricfunc(heuristic)
 
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:  # type: ignore[no-redef]
-        """
-        Detailed representation of the graph, one line per vertex
-
-        :return: one line per vertex showing its name, coordinate and component
-        :rtype: str
-
-        .. runblock:: pycon
-
-            >>> from pgraph import UGraph
-            >>> g = UGraph()
-            >>> v1 = g.add_vertex(coord=[0,0], name='v1')
-            >>> v2 = g.add_vertex(coord=[1,1], name='v2')
-            >>> v3 = g.add_vertex(coord=[2,2], name='v3')
-            >>> g.add_edge(v1, v2)
-            >>> g.add_edge(v2, v3)
-            >>> repr(g)
-
-        """
-        s = [f"{self.__class__.__name__}:"]
-        for vertex in self:
-            ss = f"  {vertex.name} at {vertex.coord}"
-            if vertex.label is not None:
-                ss += f" component={vertex.label}"
-            s.append(ss)
-        return "\n".join(s)
-
     def __getitem__(self, i: int | str | Vertex) -> Vertex:
         """
         Get vertex (base class method)
@@ -2528,7 +2535,7 @@ def plot(
             ...     g.add_edge(a, b);
             >>> g.plot(block=None)
 
-        :seealso: :meth:`highlight_path` :meth:`highlight_edge`
+        :seealso: :meth:`highlight_path` :meth:`highlight_edge` :meth:`show`
         """
         import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
         from matplotlib.patches import FancyArrowPatch

tests/test_graph.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+import contextlib
+import io
 import unittest
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.testing as nt
@@ -45,11 +47,53 @@ def test_str(self):
         self.assertEqual(str(g), "DGraph: 2 vertices, 1 edge, 1 component")
 
 
+        # the repr is the one-line summary, not a listing of the vertices
+        self.assertEqual(repr(g), "DGraph: 2 vertices, 1 edge, 1 component")
+
+    def test_repr_is_one_line_however_big_the_graph(self):
+        g = UGraph()
+        for i in range(500):
+            g.add_vertex([i, i], name=f"v{i}")
         s = repr(g)
-        self.assertIsInstance(s, str)
-        lines = s.split('\n')
-        self.assertEqual(len(lines), 3)  # class-name header + one line per vertex
-        self.assertEqual(lines[0], "DGraph:")
+        self.assertNotIn("\n", s)
+        self.assertEqual(s, str(g))
+        self.assertEqual(s, "UGraph: 500 vertices, 0 edges, 500 components")
+
+    def test_show_lists_vertices_and_edges(self):
+        g = UGraph()
+        a = g.add_vertex([1, 2], name="a")
+        b = g.add_vertex([3, 4], name="b")
+        g.add_vertex([5, 6], name="c")
+        g.add_edge(a, b, cost=2.5)
+
+        out = io.StringIO()
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(out):
+            g.show()
+        lines = out.getvalue().splitlines()
+
+        # a vertex line has the name, the coordinate and the component number,
+        # which are what the repr used to list; c is a component of its own
+        self.assertEqual(
+            lines,
+            [
+                "vertices:",
+                "  a at [1 2] component=0",
+                "  b at [3 4] component=0",
+                "  c at [5 6] component=1",
+                "edges:",
+                "  Edge{[a] -- [b], cost=2.5}",
+            ],
+        )
+
+    def test_show_a_vertex_without_a_coordinate(self):
+        g = UGraph()
+        g.add_vertex(name="x")
+
+        out = io.StringIO()
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(out):
+            g.show()
+
+        self.assertIn("  x at None", out.getvalue())
 
 
     def test_str_has_thousands_separators(self):