code: def saferepr(obj, maxsize=240):
      """return a size-limited safe repr-string for the given object.
      Failing __repr__ functions of user instances will be represented
      with a short exception info and 'saferepr' generally takes
      care to never raise exceptions itself.  This function is a wrapper
      around the Repr/reprlib functionality of the standard 2.6 lib.
      """
      # review exception handling
      srepr = SafeRepr()
      srepr.maxstring = maxsize
      srepr.maxsize = maxsize
      srepr.maxother = 160
      return srepr.repr(obj)
  
file_path: catboost/contrib/python/py/py2/py/_io/saferepr.py
imports: import py
  import sys
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: saferepr(obj, maxsize) and returns: srepr