use %r to __repr__ objects

This avoids calculating __repr__ unless we are going to log.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/client.py b/synapse/federation/transport/client.py

index 7b18408144..920fa86853 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/client.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/client.py
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ class TransportLayerClient(object):
             Deferred: Results in a dict received from the remote homeserver.
         """
         logger.debug(
-            "backfill dest=%s, room_id=%s, event_tuples=%s, limit=%s",
+            "backfill dest=%s, room_id=%s, event_tuples=%r, limit=%s",
             destination,
             room_id,
-            repr(event_tuples),
+            event_tuples,
             str(limit),
         )