## Problem Implement a pretty printer that takes a nested Python object (dicts, lists, primitives, custom objects) and renders it as formatted, indented text. It must handle: cycles (print ` `), custom `__repr__` on objects, and a max-depth cutoff (print `...` beyond depth `d`). ```python def pretty_print(obj: Any, indent: int = 2, max_depth: int = 5) -> str: pass ``` **Example:** ``` data = {"users": [{"name": "Alice", "scores": [10, 20]}, {"name": "Bob"}], "count": 2} pretty_print(data, indent=2) ``` ``` { "users": [ { "name": "Alice", "scores": [10, 20] }, {"name": "Bob"} ], "count": 2 } ``` ## Follow-ups 1. How do you detect circular references — using `id()` and a seen set? 2. What is the time and space complexity of your traversal? 3. How would you add colorized terminal output (keys in blue, strings in green, numbers in yellow)? 4. Extend to support line-length limits — if a list fits on one line, keep it inline.

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Problem Implement a pretty printer that takes a nested Python object (dicts, lists, primitives, custom objects) and renders it as formatted, indented text. It must handle: cycles (print <circular ref>), custom repr on objects, and a max-depth cutoff (print ... beyond depth d). Example: Follow-ups How do you detect circular references — using id() and a seen set? What is the time and space complexity of your traversal? How would you add colorized terminal output (keys in blue, strings in green, n…

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