(contributed by logistix; substantially reworked by rhettinger).

To create a representation of non-string arrays, array_repr() was
starting with a base Python string object and repeatedly using +=
to concatenate the representation of individual objects.

Logistix had the idea to convert to an intermediate tuple form and
then join it all at once.  I took advantage of existing tools and
formed a list with array_tolist() and got its representation through
PyObject_Repr(v) which already has a fast implementation for lists.