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vmomi objects __str__ method with quotation marks

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Description

Hi,

When calling str on a pyvmomi object it returns the reference with quotes in the actual string, e.g:

'vim.Folder:group-v66799'

Why does it add these un-necessary quotes? Is there a way to get it without the quotes, or a way to just get the managed object reference directly (other than _moid which since it starts with a leading underscore I guess we should not be using?).

Thanks in advance.

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Reproduce the reported str() result on a pyvmomi managed object and compare it with the _moid value mentioned in the issue. Trace the object’s string-conversion entry point; done means the intended managed-object reference representation is established and covered by an appropriate test, but the issue names no file or existing test.

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Tech stack
python
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api
Issue type
Bug
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