1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/_pyio.py b/Lib/_pyio.py
index 535c9ca..771d4ce 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyio.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyio.py
@@ -1829,3 +1829,8 @@ class StringIO(TextIOWrapper):
     def getvalue(self):
         self.flush()
         return self.buffer.getvalue().decode(self._encoding, self._errors)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        # TextIOWrapper tells the encoding in its repr. In StringIO,
+        # that's a implementation detail.
+        return object.__repr__(self)