Class silent_list

lib/matplotlib/cbook.py:425–456

A list with a short ``repr()``. This is meant to be used for a homogeneous list of artists, so that they don't cause long, meaningless output. Instead of :: [ , ,

class silent_list(list):
    """
    A list with a short ``repr()``.

    This is meant to be used for a homogeneous list of artists, so that they
    don't cause long, meaningless output.

    Instead of ::

        [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f5749fed3c8>,
         <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f5749fed4e0>,
         <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f5758016550>]

    one will get ::

        <a list of 3 Line2D objects>

    If ``self.type`` is None, the type name is obtained from the first item in
    the list (if any).
    """

    def __init__(self, type, seq=None):
        self.type = type
        if seq is not None:
            self.extend(seq)

    def __repr__(self):
        if self.type is not None or len(self) != 0:
            tp = self.type if self.type is not None else type(self[0]).__name__
            return f"<a list of {len(self)} {tp} objects>"
        else:
            return "<an empty list>"


def _local_over_kwdict(