code: def safe_repr(obj, clip=None):
      
      try:
          s = repr(obj)
          if not clip or len(s) <= clip:
              return s
          else:
              return s[:clip-4]+'..'+s[-2:]
      except:
          return 'N/A'
docs: Convert object to string representation, yielding the same result a `repr`
      but catches all exceptions and returns 'N/A' instead of raising the
      exception. Strings may be truncated by providing `clip`.
  
      >>> safe_repr(42)
      '42'
      >>> safe_repr('Clipped text', clip=8)
      'Clip..xt'
      >>> safe_repr([1,2,3,4], clip=8)
      '[1,2..4]'