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GH-115986 Docs: promote pprint.pp usage as a default #116614

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Docs: promote pprint.pp usage as a default
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fix tests, move example
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fix example
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Make 'pprint.pp's suggestion conciser
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Expand Up @@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ Functions
:class:`PrettyPrinter` constructor and their meanings are as
described in its documentation below.

Note that *sort_dicts* default is ``True`` and you might want to use
:func:`~pprint.pp` instead.::
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>>> import pprint
>>> stuff = ['spam', 'eggs', 'lumberjack', 'knights', 'ni']
>>> stuff.insert(0, stuff)
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Example
-------

To demonstrate several uses of the :func:`~pprint.pprint` function and its parameters,
To demonstrate several uses of the :func:`~pprint.pp` function and its parameters,
let's fetch information about a project from `PyPI <https://pypi.org>`_::

>>> import json
Expand All @@ -270,9 +273,9 @@ let's fetch information about a project from `PyPI <https://pypi.org>`_::
>>> with urlopen('https://pypi.org/pypi/sampleproject/json') as resp:
... project_info = json.load(resp)['info']

In its basic form, :func:`~pprint.pprint` shows the whole object::
In its basic form, :func:`~pprint.pp` shows the whole object::

>>> pprint.pprint(project_info)
>>> pprint.pp(project_info)
{'author': 'The Python Packaging Authority',
'author_email': 'pypa-dev@googlegroups.com',
'bugtrack_url': None,
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The result can be limited to a certain *depth* (ellipsis is used for deeper
contents)::

>>> pprint.pprint(project_info, depth=1)
>>> pprint.pp(project_info, depth=1)
{'author': 'The Python Packaging Authority',
'author_email': 'pypa-dev@googlegroups.com',
'bugtrack_url': None,
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Additionally, maximum character *width* can be suggested. If a long object
cannot be split, the specified width will be exceeded::

>>> pprint.pprint(project_info, depth=1, width=60)
>>> pprint.pp(project_info, depth=1, width=60)
{'author': 'The Python Packaging Authority',
'author_email': 'pypa-dev@googlegroups.com',
'bugtrack_url': None,
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