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http.client.HTTPConnection and HTTPResponse are missing __repr__ #145651

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@JackDanger

http.client.HTTPConnection and HTTPResponse lack repr implementations, producing the default unhelpful object repr:

>>> import http.client
>>> http.client.HTTPConnection('example.com')
<http.client.HTTPConnection object at 0x...>

These should show useful state at a glance:

>>> http.client.HTTPConnection('example.com')
<HTTPConnection example.com:80>
>>> http.client.HTTPSConnection('example.com')
<HTTPSConnection example.com:443>

And for responses:

>>> r = conn.getresponse()
>>> r
<HTTPResponse [200 OK]>

The module already has a repr on IncompleteRead, so there's precedent. This would help when debugging HTTP code in the REPL or debugger.

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