Merge pull request #1572 from jakevdp/top-level-repr

Truncate top-level chart repr
vega · Jun 21, 2019 · d7a774a · d7a774a
2 parents a3726f4 + 4d76152
commit d7a774a
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diff --git a/altair/vegalite/v3/api.py b/altair/vegalite/v3/api.py
@@ -476,6 +476,11 @@ def save(self, fp, format=None, override_data_transformer=True,
             result = save(**kwds)
         return result
 
+    # Fallback for when rendering fails; the full repr is too long to be
+    # useful in nearly all cases.
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "alt.{}(...)".format(self.__class__.__name__)
+
     # Layering and stacking
     def __add__(self, other):
         if not isinstance(other, TopLevelMixin):