feat: nicer repr for Backend.tables

ibis-project · Jan 24, 2023 · 0d319ca · 0d319ca
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diff --git a/ibis/backends/base/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/base/__init__.py
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ def __dir__(self) -> list[str]:
         )
         return list(o)
 
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        tables = self._backend.list_tables()
+        rows = ["Tables", "------"]
+        rows.extend(f"- {name}" for name in sorted(tables))
+        return "\n".join(rows)
+
     def _ipython_key_completions_(self) -> list[str]:
         return self._backend.list_tables()
 

diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/test_api.py b/ibis/backends/tests/test_api.py
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ def test_tables_accessor_tab_completion(con):
     assert 'functional_alltypes' in keys
 
 
+def test_tables_accessor_repr(con):
+    result = repr(con.tables)
+    assert '- functional_alltypes' in result
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "expr_fn",
     [