From 0f6e607bb86784e0830fe12d12e7953819618b14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Talley Lambert <talley.lambert@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:01:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use safer repr in warning (#353)

* fix: use safer repr in warning

* use object repr
---
 src/psygnal/_weak_callback.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/psygnal/_weak_callback.py b/src/psygnal/_weak_callback.py
index 541c414a..aa233300 100644
--- a/src/psygnal/_weak_callback.py
+++ b/src/psygnal/_weak_callback.py
@@ -259,8 +259,9 @@ def _try_ref(
             if self._on_ref_error == "raise":
                 raise
             if self._on_ref_error == "warn":
+                safe_repr = object.__repr__(obj)
                 warn(
-                    f"failed to create weakref for {obj!r}, returning strong ref",
+                    f"failed to create weakref for {safe_repr}, returning strong ref",
                     stacklevel=2,
                 )