Text class: changed __str__ method to return self._text and added __repr__ method.

jonchar · jonchar · commit 44604ce13c51 · 2016-02-27T00:17:11.000-05:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -182,9 +182,12 @@ class Text(Artist):
 
     _cached = maxdict(50)
 
-    def __str__(self):
+    def __repr__(self):
         return "Text(%g,%g,%s)" % (self._x, self._y, repr(self._text))
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self._text
+
     def __init__(self,
                  x=0, y=0, text='',
                  color=None,           # defaults to rc params
