Python object.__repr__(self) should be an expression?

Question

I was looking at the builtin object methods in the Python documentation, and I was interested in the documentation for object.__repr__(self). Here\'s what it sa

Answer 1

To see how the repr works within a class, run the following code, first with and then without the repr method.

class Coordinate (object):
    def __init__(self,x,y):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y

    def getX(self):
        # Getter method for a Coordinate object's x coordinate.
        # Getter methods are better practice than just accessing an attribute directly
        return self.x
    def getY(self):

        # Getter method for a Coordinate object's y coordinate
        return self.y

    def __repr__(self):  #remove this and the next line and re-run
        return 'Coordinate(' + str(self.getX()) + ',' + str(self.getY()) + ')' 

>>>c = Coordinate(2,-8)
>>>print(c)