"""Sentinel class for constants with useful reprs""" # Copyright (c) IPython Development Team. # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License. class Sentinel: """Sentinel class for constants with useful reprs""" def __init__(self, name, module, docstring=None): """Initialize the sentinel.""" self.name = name self.module = module if docstring: self.__doc__ = docstring def __repr__(self): """The string repr for the sentinel.""" return str(self.module) + "." + self.name