From b75683879a8834544833a88895659833094d3c4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 15:56:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Only pprint our struct when we detect a py REPL

---
 piker/data/types.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/piker/data/types.py b/piker/data/types.py
index d8926610..9b08b432 100644
--- a/piker/data/types.py
+++ b/piker/data/types.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 Built-in (extension) types.
 
 """
+import sys
 from typing import Optional
 from pprint import pformat
 
@@ -42,7 +43,12 @@ class Struct(
         }
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f'Struct({pformat(self.to_dict())})'
+        # only turn on pprint when we detect a python REPL
+        # at runtime B)
+        if hasattr(sys, 'ps1'):
+            return f'Struct({pformat(self.to_dict())})'
+
+        return super().__repr__()
 
     def copy(
         self,